tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post2937971640906557274..comments2023-10-16T13:06:42.360+01:00Comments on Happiness of Being: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi: Non-duality is the truth even when duality appears to existMichael Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-83710917763280991642015-06-10T12:34:04.719+01:002015-06-10T12:34:04.719+01:00Fellow travellers, Bhagavan says in verse 37 of Ul...Fellow travellers, Bhagavan says in verse 37 of Ulladu Narpadu, as quoted in this old article of Micheal, titled: Non-duality is the truth even when duality appears to exist:<br /><br />Even the argument that says, 'Duality [is real] in [the state of] spiritual practice, [whereas] non-duality [is real] in [the state of] attainment [of self-knowledge]', is not true. Both when we are lovingly [earnestly or desperately] searching [for ourself], and when [we] have attained ourself, who indeed are we other than the tenth man?<br /><br />Michael further writes in this article:<br /><br />Since we ourself are the real self that we now seek, and since the true nature of our real self is to know nothing other than itself, we have never really experienced any duality. Our present experience of duality is therefore just a dream — an imagination that exists only in our own mind. Since our mind is itself just an imagination, and since it will therefore disappear when we experience ourself as we really are, our dream of duality will be dissolved by our experience of true self-knowledge.<br /><br />As Michael says, 'we have never really experienced any duality. Our present experience of duality is therefore just a dream...'. Yes, but this appears to a paradox. We have never really experienced any duality, but in our deluded experience we are always experiencing only duality. Therefore the entity which experiences all duality, that is, our mind must be itself unreal, because if it is real it will only experience reality - and this reality, our true self-knowledge, is an absolutely non-dual experience.<br /><br />Thanking you.Sanjay Lohiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384912997886218824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-6806898540136444632013-09-16T18:48:39.701+01:002013-09-16T18:48:39.701+01:00Thank You!
This was a very well written and helpf...Thank You!<br /><br />This was a very well written and helpful essay. <br /><br />I have spent a great deal of my time investigating the role of the imagination in a person's spiritual growth but your article seems to argue that it is the imagination which keeps us locked in the delusion of our separateness. Is that correct? and is there any way I could speak (Skype with, FaceTime with) you to explore this further?<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Fr. Robert A. Dalgleish<br /><br />chaprobertd@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223620210703372778noreply@blogger.com