Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Friday, 15 February 2019
Thoughts and dreams appear only in the self-ignorant view of ourself as ego, not in the clear view of ourself as we actually are
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019
What is the correct meaning of ‘Be in the now’?
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Saturday, 2 February 2019
In a dream there is only one dreamer, and if the one dreamer wakes up the entire dream will come to an end
I understand that there is one ego, which creates the illusion of many people and a world. If one person in this illusion, i.e. you or I, becomes realized, how is that going to destroy the ego as a whole? When Ramana became realized, this didn’t stop the world appearing for me. I know Ramana when asked about others said there are no others and if all is a dream of course he is correct, but others myself including continue to dream we exist despite Ramana becoming enlightened. Is realization a gradual breaking down of the ego individual by individual?The following is adapted from the reply I wrote to her:
My second question: What is Shakti? I have looked it up and it seems to say it is energy which creates and that it is part of who we naturally are. This seems contradictory to how I now see realization as being. I now see realization as a kind of nothingness, not dissimilar to deep sleep. Can you remind me is this correct? Is shakti the same as ego and the cause of illusion?
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