How long should be inquiry be practiced?

this is 15th question asked by S.Pillie to Maharishi Ramana.

Answer; As long as there are impressions of objects in the mind, so long the inquiry ” Who am I” is required. as thoughts arise they should be destroyed then and there in the very place of their origin through inquiry. if one resorts to contemplation of the self unintermittently, until self is gained ,that alone would do. as long as there are enemies within the fortress, they will continue to sally forth; if they were destroyed as they emerge, the fortress will fall into our hands.

Problems and soulations

You say you go to sleep while meditating. once you go to sleep you can do nothing about it. But while you are awake try to keep away all thoughts.when you pass into sleep the state in which you were before falling asleep will continue when you awake up.you will continue from where you left off when you fell into slumber.—Maharishi Ramana.

Fate, Free will and beyond.

The results of action flow according to the law of creature. Is karma supreme ? it is insentient.

The creator remaining everywhere makes each one to play his role in life according their karma.. that which is not destined will not happen despite every effort .what is destined is bound to happen. This is certain. therefore the best course is to remain silent.

All the activities which the body is to go through are determined when it first comes into existence. It does not rest with you to accept or reject them. The only freedom you have is to turn your mind inward and renounce activities there: Maharishi Ramana.

Meditation

Meditation is not different from daily life; do not go off into a corner of a room and meditate for ten minutes, and come out of it and be a butcher. meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you to say somebody ‘I love you’, when you are considering your children, when you educate them to become a soldiers, to kill to be nationalizing, worshiping the flag,educating them to enter into this trap of modern world.watching all that ,realizing your part in it,all that is part of meditation.

And when you so meditate you will find in it and extraordinary beauty ; you will act rightly at every movement; and if you do not act rightly at a given movement, it does not matter , you will pick it again– you will not waste time in regret.meditation is a part of life ,not something different from life; J.Krishnamurti.