On the rising of the ego, everything rises with its subside everything subside. The ego is therefore all tracking it is the way to victory over everything: Maharishi Ramana.

Your effort is meant not to allow yourself to be distracted by other thoughts: Maharishi Ramana.

Today I was sitting in the practice of self-inquiry. Usually, I do this practice for 2hours in the morning and two hours in the evening sitting. My mind was going outside into worldly objects. But I didn’t stop my practice then it started to be calm. That is why I am writing this post. Our mind has been use to go outside and never want to be calm. From so many lives it is wandering outside. Like a bird who is caught in the net. by total effort, it wants to come out of the net. It only stops when it dies. So to gain this eternal bliss more practice is needed.

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?

When will the world which is the object seen,be removed?

When will the mind, which is the cause of all cognition and actions, become quiescent and the world will disappear?

How will the mind become quiescent?)

Maharishi Raman; by the inquiry “Who am I “? The thought “Who am I”? Will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then there will arise Self-realization.

Action dedicated to God and without desire purifies the mind. It aids liberation; Maharishi Raman.

What is mind? If one searches to find out, then there would be no separate entity as the mind. this is a straight path; Maharishi Ramana.

Even though both the mind and the world rise and set together, the mind lights the world. The source from which the mind and world rise and into which they set is the reality ( self or ataman ) that doesn’t rise or subside: Maharishi Ramana.

Comments:

Our self, which is an observer of our body and mind, is reality. Our mind is in front of us. We can see our minds, and we say, please tell me again, my mind, not hearing it was thinking of another person. So you can see your mind because it is different from the you(self ). When the mind goes out, we can see the world, and when it is inward, then the world disappears. In a deep sleep, there is no mind and, therefore, no world. In deep meditation or samadhi, there is no mind and world also. Only bliss shines here.

Your effort is not to allow yourself to be distracted by others thoughts : Maharishi Ramana.

Comments: This is essential when watching your thoughts that others may not be allowed to come into your mind. As J. Krishnamurti used to say in his public talks that, meditation is ending the thoughts. It is necessary.