"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Let the Purpose Fulfill Itself

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Q. Which is the best of the different yogas, Karma, Jnana, Bhakti or Hatha?

To remain in the Self amounts to all these in their highest sense. In dreamless sleep there is no world, no ego, and no unhappiness. But the Self remains. In the waking state there are all these; yet, there is the Self. One has only to remove the transitory happenings in order to realize the ever-present beatitude of the Self. Your nature is Bliss. Find that on which all the rest are superimposed and you then remain as the pure Self.

Q. How is work to be done ordinarily for an aspirant?

Without self-identification with the actor. For instance, did you intend visiting this place while in Paris?

Q. No!

You see how you are acting without your intention to do so? The Gita says that a man cannot remain without acting. The purpose of one's birth will be fulfilled whether you will it or not. Let the purpose fulfill itself.

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