18th question of self-inquiry

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Of the devotees who is the greatest?

Answer by Maharishi Ramana: He who gives himself up to the Self, which is God, is the most excellent devotee. Giving one’s self up to God means remaining constantly in the self without giving room for the rise of any thoughts other than that the self.

Whatever burdens are thrown on God, he bears them since the supreme power of God makes all things move. Why should we, without submitting ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should be not done and how not? We know that the train carries all the loads, so we after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our heads to our discomfort, instead of putting it down on the train and feeling at ease?

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I am from India and now living in the U.S. In India, I lived with a Holy Saint named St. Nikka Singh Ji. He was from the Sikh tradition. I learned from him, Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the Bhagavad Gita, and so many scriptures. I knew the art of meditation. He told me that learning of scripture is not enough, but understanding self-knowledge is necessary. And according to his instructions, I was practising meditation and got the experience of bliss, which we can not explain in words. It's the last knowledge of Vedanta. The main thing that I want to share is that, as I did in my life, the most important thing is to do meditation daily. Real life is our eternal life. We should sit down and start to look at our thoughts. By regular watching, we can find lasting peace, which is our natural state. Then there is no stress, anxiety, or problem because, in this method, we are coming out of the field of our minds. Our mind creates problems and then wants to solve them. But the reason is itself a problem. By the observation flow, the mind starts to delete, leaving the self or ‘eternal peace ‘.

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