So Bhagavan is the ultimate reductionist: All phenomena are just thoughts; thoughts are just mind; mind is just ego; and if instead of looking at anything else we look keenly at ourself alone, we will find that ego is actually just pure awareness. Therefore pure awareness is all that actually exists: it is ‘one only without a second’ (ēkam ēva advitīyam).
Translations of the Tamil and Sanskrit writings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi and articles discussing the philosophy and practice of self-investigation (ātma-vicāra) and self-surrender (ātma-samarpaṇa) as taught by him, written by Michael James and forming an extension of his main website: sriramanateachings.org
Thursday, 18 February 2021
In what sense is ego actually just pure awareness?
In my previous article, In what sense is it true to say ‘everything is one’?, I wrote:
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
In what sense is it true to say ‘everything is one’?
A friend wrote to me recently, ‘I think I got this part wrong: “Everyone is oneself”. You would say I am saying “Many is one”, right? What would you say? There is just one?’, in reply to which I wrote: