tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post870857120831210164..comments2023-10-16T13:06:42.360+01:00Comments on Happiness of Being: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi: Japa of ‘I am’ as an aid to self-attentivenessMichael Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-541822424256875002009-10-31T10:06:15.400+00:002009-10-31T10:06:15.400+00:00My understanding of what Michael is saying, in ess...My understanding of what Michael is saying, in essence, is that one must practice being in nirvikalpa samadhi (not being aware of anything except existence - not your body, not the world) until it ripens into sahaja samadhi. His blog entry on the 27th of July describes Self-attention as nirvikalpa. I have a REQUEST FOR ALL THE BLOG READERS - if anyone has truly experienced nirvikalpa samadhi, can you give a step-by-step description of how it came about? The reason for my request is that I want to know if practicing Self-attention, in other words, staying in nirvikalpa samadhi is easy, and if so, what am I missing? <br />My practice - to begin with, my 'power of attention' seems to be centered within my head. It seems to be 'me', because I can perceive my body and the world as different from it and whatever I perceive is not 'me' at the core - it is at a distance, however small, from 'me'. My power of attention is the only 'I am' I know, not the universal 'I am'/Self. I try to keep my power of attention from not engaging with any subtle mental thoughts and sometimes I'm successful for a few minutes. The awareness of the gross mental thoughts (body or sense-perceptions) however don't ever disappear in spite of trying not to pay attention to them. My so-called 'practice' is therefore either highly ineffective or simply wrong in trying to achieve nirvikalpa samadhi. <br /><br />MumukshuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-84905410799373291442009-10-30T04:05:25.055+00:002009-10-30T04:05:25.055+00:00What about the case for instance Papaji heard the ...What about the case for instance Papaji heard the name of Ram spontaneously eminating from Ghandi, and I've heard that is an experience around saints for mantra japa to be heard going on spontaneously out of their "pores".Losing M. Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08593870441560584967noreply@blogger.com