tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post393462739382477272..comments2023-10-16T13:06:42.360+01:00Comments on Happiness of Being: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi: Is it possible for us to attend to ourself, the subject, rather than to any object?Michael Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-1422332745886114962019-10-28T11:15:40.799+00:002019-10-28T11:15:40.799+00:00This comment has been removed by the author..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12379570382779918899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-92164235510435570612019-10-28T06:53:29.283+00:002019-10-28T06:53:29.283+00:00AsunAparicio ,
Thanks for your comment of 24 Octob...AsunAparicio ,<br />Thanks for your comment of 24 October 2019 at 11:35 addressed to me. I agree with what you say in that comment. As ego I cannot find lasting happiness because ego is always going to be dissatisfied. However, a motivation (and perhaps the main motivation) to follow this path is the search for lasting happiness, happiness which is always going to elude the ego which is following this path in search for happiness. This seems like a 'catch-22' situation. You say, "this practice prescribed by Bhagavan has its own goal which is to remove “us” from the picture and, in the process, all concepts are dropped off while true understanding comes about." Clearly this removal of ego is the resolution of the above catch-22 situation. <br />Rajathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446174099698255476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-63320660014899094602019-10-27T22:36:15.147+00:002019-10-27T22:36:15.147+00:00Asun,
thank you for your good wishes. As you imply...Asun,<br />thank you for your good wishes. As you imply, atma-vichara should never be in vain.<br />Alas, I never heard of any difficulties.:-)anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-38917323699694814012019-10-27T22:29:55.685+00:002019-10-27T22:29:55.685+00:00Salazar,
applying your suggestion should be possib...Salazar,<br />applying your suggestion should be possible also for me: just trying atma-vichara whenever I remember it and start from there. Thanks.anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-63769310922963480022019-10-27T19:40:52.860+00:002019-10-27T19:40:52.860+00:00Anadi-ananta,
Whish you the best. Don´t give up, ...Anadi-ananta,<br /><br />Whish you the best. Don´t give up, it is worth :).https://www.blogger.com/profile/12379570382779918899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-28914152202743803722019-10-27T19:23:12.862+00:002019-10-27T19:23:12.862+00:00Yes, to correct youtube transcriptions is much eas...Yes, to correct youtube transcriptions is much easier, problem is that they don´t include people´s questions which many times is the most difficult to grasp, at least for me so, for this part it would be required someone with a very good spoken english. .https://www.blogger.com/profile/12379570382779918899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-44574648643715098682019-10-27T14:13:00.962+00:002019-10-27T14:13:00.962+00:00Thank you Anadi-ananta, Asunaparicio and Michael. ...Thank you Anadi-ananta, Asunaparicio and Michael. <br />From my point of view I believe that if there is a sufficient number of volunteers, both for the transcription into English (of the videos that are only in English) and to do the same for the Videos with simultaneous translation into Spanish, it will be viable since it is a task that will require a lot of dedication and among several can be very fruitful and agile. I don't know what you think about it. Yo Soy Tu Mismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470280747360615744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-49969253149160653802019-10-25T23:49:10.151+01:002019-10-25T23:49:10.151+01:00anadi-ananta, "trying" to do atma-vichar...anadi-ananta, "trying" to do atma-vichara constantly is not advised at all, why setting a [lofty] goal like that? I see that only as a trick of the mind to not attempt atma-vichara at all. The mind creates seemingly unattainable goals and then feels satisfied and justified to not try at all.<br /><br />Why not just trying atma-vichara whenever you remember it and start from there? That would be my suggestion. The mind's input and assessment with that is usually garbage and deserves to be ignored. The mind is biased and invested in sabotaging atma-vichara [subtly and mostly subconsciously] because it does not want to die. We get all fooled by that [from time to time] and only guru and grace will maneuver us safely if we let them. It's kind of effort and surrender at the same time. <br /> . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/03243347924405863536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-84175429143392866522019-10-25T22:12:06.471+01:002019-10-25T22:12:06.471+01:00In reply to Yo Soy Tu Mismo’s comment of 25 Octobe...In reply to Yo Soy Tu Mismo’s comment of <a href="#c169291419635228785" rel="nofollow">25 October 2019 at 19:04</a> and subsequent comments by other friends about transcribing my videos, anyone who would like to do so is welcome, but I would suggest to anyone who likes to try that rather than starting from scratch it would be easier to correct the auto-generated transcript that YouTube makes for every video. To view the auto-generated transcript, click on the three dots below the bottom right-hand corner of any video and select ‘Open transcript’, which will open it in a panel to the right of the video, from where you can copy and paste it.Michael Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-49756531809142505642019-10-25T21:48:24.326+01:002019-10-25T21:48:24.326+01:00Yo soy ...,
My english is not that good butI coul...Yo soy ...,<br /><br />My english is not that good butI could help with Michael´s talks with your group since I also have the spanish translation which helps with the words I miss or mistake. <br />Did you ask Michael already? If he agrees, you can ask him for my e-mail adress..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12379570382779918899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-15554049730289066542019-10-25T20:36:43.718+01:002019-10-25T20:36:43.718+01:00Yo Soy Tu Mismo,
my understanding of spoken Englis...Yo Soy Tu Mismo,<br />my understanding of spoken English is not the best, but I could try to transcribe a few minutes of your talks. Generally it would be a welcome development if the idea/intention of having English transcripts of Michael's videos could be realized. On the other hand Michael would have the additional work of reviewing the transcription. anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-33955402271403876952019-10-25T20:18:24.134+01:002019-10-25T20:18:24.134+01:00Asun,
thanks again for your explanation.Asun,<br />thanks again for your explanation.anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-14538388569794898912019-10-25T20:15:16.884+01:002019-10-25T20:15:16.884+01:00Salazar,
as you imply in order to be aware of ours...Salazar,<br />as you imply in order to be aware of ourself as pure self-awareness we have to try to practice only the correct/true/faultless carrying out/implementation of atma-vichara. So we should be able to attend to ourself as keen as possible. Thanks.anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-56592654812043464192019-10-25T19:40:41.012+01:002019-10-25T19:40:41.012+01:00This comment has been removed by the author..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12379570382779918899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-1692914196352287852019-10-25T19:04:33.508+01:002019-10-25T19:04:33.508+01:00If we made a group of transcribers and we agreed t...If we made a group of transcribers and we agreed to split a video into strips of a few minutes if we could have those transcripts, as long as we had Michael's authorization.Yo Soy Tu Mismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470280747360615744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-2036599479140538682019-10-25T16:15:58.035+01:002019-10-25T16:15:58.035+01:00Asun,
in facing my inner misery my enthusiasm to c...Asun,<br />in facing my inner misery my enthusiasm to continue self-investigation often rapidly disappears and instead then all shades of frustration, dissatisfaction, discouragement and disappointment appear and my hopes for eternal happiness are dashed.:-)<br />As you tell me, presumably there is the need to continue, just at this point of heavy disappointment and unpleasantness. To be able to do so constantly seems to me at present possible only a level higher. It's high time (that) my doggedness will increase .<br />Thank you for your comment.anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-70368679992155372912019-10-25T14:56:32.942+01:002019-10-25T14:56:32.942+01:00Anonymous, I was not talking about the "feeli...Anonymous, I was not talking about the "feeling" when waking up, I was talking about the practice of atma-vichara. Yes, for the mind there seems to be a subject and object and the purpose of atma-vichara is the recognition of the non-existence of mind which is just subject. With atma-vichara there is no subject-object relationship, it is subject only. That the body is noticed is only due to the mind, without mind there is no body [awareness]. <br /><br />And anadi-ananta, yes - besides "I am" which is for most not too often there seems to be the "ego". But what is to deal with it? But to rather attempt atma-vichara again? The ego can be safely ignored, these collection of thoughts are irrelevant and our duty is to ignore them and not to "deal" with them.Purification of mind does NOT reflect on one’s outward behavior, a purified mind is no mind and any perceived behavior is illusionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403745904820287115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-37688284628959430902019-10-25T13:54:21.136+01:002019-10-25T13:54:21.136+01:00Salazar,
refering to your today's reply to Ano...Salazar,<br />refering to your today's reply to Anonymous,<br />admittedly we as seeming persons are taught by Bhagavan that there is only one self - instead of the imagined diversity of many persons. If such a seeming person wants to examine the truth of that teaching and further to remedy that seeming defect in our awareness it has to make suitable inquiries into that matter. As you correctly say essentially the person must hold to the sense of "I am".<br />However, while practising in this way one may - at least occasionally :-) - encounter phenomena which we usually summarize as 'ego'. Therefore this term 'ego' does not compulsorily confuse aspirants on the path of self-investigation. It rather may of some conceptual help if one notices that he/she faces not exactly 'the one subject, the one self, or the 'I am' and turns to himself or herself for help.<br />Of course that is only my modest experience.<br />anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-50710462285170503992019-10-25T13:49:27.980+01:002019-10-25T13:49:27.980+01:00Asun, I have replied to your comment of 17 October...Asun, I have replied to your comment of <a href="#c5387608452382533503" rel="nofollow">17 October 2019 at 14:33</a> in a separate article: <a href="https://happinessofbeing.blogspot.com/2019/10/can-we-as-ego-ever-experience-pure.html" rel="nofollow">Can we as ego ever experience pure awareness?</a>Michael Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-3479786620233061182019-10-25T13:45:03.637+01:002019-10-25T13:45:03.637+01:00I disagree. The I am feeling when we are awake is ...I disagree. The I am feeling when we are awake is actually ‘I am the body’ feeling. So in waking state there is subject and object. If we think otherwise, we are deluding ourselves. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435289281370413861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-75934423060794551482019-10-25T12:22:17.691+01:002019-10-25T12:22:17.691+01:00Reflections on the verses from Bhagavad Gita Saram...<b>Reflections on the verses from Bhagavad Gita Saram, arranged by Bhagavan Ramana</b><br /><br />Bhagavan has selected 42 verses from the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> and arranged them in an appropriate order to serve as guidance. He has also prepared Tamil and Malayalam versions of these verses. The following verses are taken from <i>The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi</i>. I have replaced some words which started with upper case into the lower case to make it look neater:<br /><br />Verse 2: [Sri Krishna said] this body, oh son of Kunti is called kshetra (field); he who knows it the sages call the kshetranja (knower of the field). <br /><br />Verse 3: Know me as the knower of the field in all the fields, oh Bharata: knowledge of the field and the knower of the field I deem to be true knowledge.<br /><br />Reflection: Who is the kshetranjna? According to Bhagavan, it is only ego. However, as the above verse three seems to imply, sometimes our inner pure awareness is said to be the knower of the field. However, in such cases, the knower of the field should be taken to mean 'in the presence of pure awareness', which is the substratum for the appearance and disappearance of ego and all its manifestations. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Sanjay Lohiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384912997886218824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-19221733105778344352019-10-25T11:02:31.633+01:002019-10-25T11:02:31.633+01:00This comment has been removed by the author..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12379570382779918899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-55316224605433283922019-10-25T09:49:27.002+01:002019-10-25T09:49:27.002+01:00If we trust Bhagavan completely, we will have no r...<b>If we trust Bhagavan completely, we will have no reason to go outwards</b><br /><br />Bhagavan says in <i>Nan Ar</i>, however much burden we place on Bhagavan, he will bear it all. What we cannot do ourselves let us leave it on him. We can even leave our burden of sadhana to him. Leaving our burden on Bhagavan is the best among all the spiritual practices. This is the path of surrender, and the more we surrender, the easier it will be to turn within. We are concerned about so many things in our external life due to our attachment and identification with these things. If we trust Bhagavan completely, we will have no reason to go outwards. We will happily turn within and subside back within. <br /><br />So our problems are Bhagavan’s problems. Let him take care of them. If we are not able to surrender to Bhagavan, we should leave even that burden to him. So we cannot even surrender to Bhagavan without his grace. So let us leave even that burden to him. I know only that way. <br /><br />• Edited extract from the video: <i>2019-02-17 Yo Soy Tu Mismo: Michael James discusses the importance of study, reflection and practice (48:00)</i> <br /><br />Sanjay Lohiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384912997886218824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-89899208875246087932019-10-25T02:17:11.956+01:002019-10-25T02:17:11.956+01:00Anonymous, you asked "Attend to which self?&q...Anonymous, you asked "Attend to which self?"<br /><br />I do not quite understand. Are there more than one self? No, according to Bhagavan, there is only one self. anadi-ananta mentioned that we must first attend to the phantom-ego, however I disagree. IMO that makes it unnecessary complicated, we hold to the sense of "I am" and that does not need a concept or particular term, to maybe call it self or [first the (phantom) ego and then "another subject"].<br /><br />I have to interject here, there is only one subject, thus "another" subject cannot appear but as an imagination of mind. From my viewpoint, instead of getting confused with a number of different terms, why not just hold to "I am", keep practicing atma-vichara and see first hand what transpires, if anything?<br /><br />Where is the concept of ego and self or subject and object in deep sleep?Purification of mind does NOT reflect on one’s outward behavior, a purified mind is no mind and any perceived behavior is illusionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403745904820287115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-6831640586290311202019-10-24T22:05:55.345+01:002019-10-24T22:05:55.345+01:00Thank you Asun for your advice. Due the missing de...Thank you Asun for your advice. Due the missing depth, when it comes to persistently investigating/looking at my own presence - as you say - I lack the required perseverance. I hope this will get better soon.anadi-anantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815024045988099944noreply@blogger.com