Divine grace is essential for the realisation. But grace is vouchsafed only to him who is a true devotee or a yogi. It is given to those who have striven hard and ceaselessly on the path to freedom.

Effort is necessary upto the stage of realization. even then the self should spontaneously become eviident. otherwise happiness should not be complete. upto the stage of spontaneity there must be effort, ln some form or other.

The mind turned inward is the self: when turned outward it becomes the ego and all the world. The mind doesn’t exist apart from the self, it has no independent existence. The self exists without the mind, but never the mind without the self.

Comments; this is the whole story! One should understand it by one’s experience of self-inquiry. Nobody can able to tell you any Guru or any Saint, they tell you some ideas but you have to learn them from your practice.

What is meditation? I have been using this method for 36 years. In this method, as I am doing in the beginning, you have to sit for half an hour and start to observe your thoughts. You have to look at the flow of your thoughts. Do not give any idea what you have learned from any teacher or from any realign or from any traditions. Just observe the very place of the thought where from it starts. This is the actual meditation. You will see that your lifestarts to become peaceful and blissful. Just you will find eternal peace if you will give ideas, which are thoughts also you miss the point. In this process, we want to still the mind. By thinking of providing views, more thoughts will be there. Meditation is ‘ just watching ‘, not interpreting or giving ideas. and in your life, there will be no anger, lust, anxiety fear etc.

One’s ignorance of the self-revealing immediacy of divine grace is no proof of the contrary. If the owl doesn’t see the sun that illumines the whole world, Is the fault of the sun? It is not due to the defectiveness of the bird’s sight?; Maharishi Ramana.

The mind becomes quiescent by regulation of breath, like a bird caught in a net. This is means of mind control; Maharishi Ramana.

Comments; if one cannot do watching of mind he can watch his breath. Mind and breath come from the same source of life. it is very clear.

The merging of mind and breath is ‘Dhyana’ and it leads to the natural state when it becomes deeper and firm ; Maharishi Ramana.

Comments; when with your practice mind starts to merging in the self or by watching the flow of breath it leads you to your natural state. This is also self-realization.

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