The Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 6, solaka 4. When one does not get attached to the objects of sense or to works, and he renounces all purposes, then he is said to have attained yoga.

Comments: when one enters the Samadhi, one’s mind becomes empty from the objects. It is also called Sunata. Then, we find the state of bliss. It is very rare to attain this state of eternal peace. It is such an experience that we can not define it by words or by language. It is like dawn in our life. We can experience this but can not explain it.It is a stage of self-realization. Then, worldly objects like pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness are not affected by who has achieved this stage.

one who has renounced all purposes, this is an ageless stage by the mortification of the ego,by total surrender to the will of the supreme, the aspirant develops a condition of mind approximating to the eternal.

The freed soul works without desire and attachment .all desires starts by Sankalpa (thought).

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Grace

Grace is always there. Grace is the self. It is not something to be acquired. All that is necessary is to know its existence. In the same way, the sun is pure brightness. It is there and shines, and you are surrendered by sunlight: still, if you want to know the sun, you have to turn your eyes in the direction and look at it. Similarly, grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now.—Maharishi Ramana.

Comments; The words are very clear but without practicing self-inquiry we can not understand it.

Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 6, Solaka 3; He who wants to enter into bliss or Self-realization should do his work without desire or fruit of karma. But when he enters in eternal life then he should practice of self -inquiry.

In this Solaka it is very clear that karma yoga is the outer part of mediation means doing work without the desire or wanting fruit and when one touches to bliss in his inner being then he should practice of self-inquiry.

Grace

1; we can’t attain realization of the self by our mind unaided by God’s grace.; Ramana Maharishi.

It’s is very right for self-realization God’s grace or Guru’s grace is very helpful. Without God’s grace we can never attain it this is M.R. advising us.

Silence.

The silence of a realized person is most powerful. He sends out waves of spiritual influence which draw many people towards him. yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence . He never needs to go among the public. if necessary, he can use others as his instrument.; Maharishi Ramana.

Comments; Meaning of M.R. Is that silence is a most spiritual influence. here we should understand it is mentally silence is also.When our wandering mind becomes silent by self-inquiry, then it touches the eternal bliss. it is very powerful . He may sit in the cave or in a room in a crowded place it is the same.he sends his spiritual waves toward other people, and can convert other people. If it is needed, we can use any other as his instrument.

True yoga

Chapter 6, Solaka 2, Bhagavad Gita.

Lord Krishna said, that what they call renunciation, known to be a disciplined activity, Arjuna, no one becomes a yogin who has not renounced his selfish purpose.

Sannyasa( renunciation) that known to be a disciplined activity, No one can become a yogi who has not renounced his fruit of karma.

This is what Lord Krishna said in the first Solaka that renunciation and leaving the fruit of his karma both are the same. When one becomes a sannyasi he leaves his duties and the fruit of his work. Meaning he left his desires. and karma yoga he did not leave his work and family but he left his fruit of action. So he is the same by leaving his desires.

Silence

The highest form of grace is silence. It’s also the highest spiritual instruction……All other methods of instruction are derived from silence and are therefore secondary. Silence is the primary form. If the Guru is silent the seeker’s mind gets purified by itself. ; Maharishi Ramana.

Maharishi Ramana was a Saint who did not like discussion. He usually spoke very few words. He did not speak for four years and remained in silence. After that, he used to speak a few words and remained in samadhi. Often any devotee who came there at the Arunachala cave feels eternal peace of his grace. Paul Brunton who was a journalist from England came to visit him during the year of 1925. He has written so many questions in his notebook. But when he sat in front of Maharishi Ramana his mind forgot everything and emerged in Samadhi. He wrote the book ‘ A Search in Secret India ‘ which is a very famous book everybody has to read this book.

The natural state

The mind resting in the self is its natural condition but instead of that our minds are resting in outward objects; Maharishi Ramana.

Comment;

I am not writing these posts for any of my individual purposes like fame or money but when I was doing my practice of ‘ self-inquiry. My mind melts in the self and I feel like an ocean of bliss in my heart. I want anybody to be able to feel that experience. I found Maharishi Ramana is the last Saint who can define it. That is why I used to post his words.

The meaning of Maharishi Ramana is that when our mind rests in the self by self-inquiry it is its natural state but instead of our minds are resting in outward objects and we become upset.

Grace

Grace is there all along. Grace is the self. It is not something to be acquired. All that is necessary is to know its existence. It is the same way the sun is pure brightness.it is there and shines and you are surrounded by sunlight; still, if you want to know the sun you must turn your eyes in the direction and look at it. Similarly, grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now.; Ramana Maharishi.

Comment; self is our real nature. It’s very simple but our minds remain occupied with worldly objects. That is why our minds live in tension. But when we empty our minds by observing our minds. Through the practice of self-inquiry, we touch the bliss. we have to look inside our thoughts.