Devotee: What is thought-force, mesmerism, etc.? There was a doctor in Paris called Dr. Coue. He was illiterate, but yet was able to cure many incurable diseases by will-force. He used to say: Generate power to cure yourself. The power is within you.
Ramana Maharishi: It is through the same will-power that the seat of all diseases, the body, has risen.
Devotee: So it is said thoughts manifest as objects.
Ramana Maharishi: This thought must be for mukti (liberation).
Devotee: God must enable us to get rid of the other thoughts.
Ramana Maharishi: This is again a thought. Let that which has incarnated raise the question. You are not that because you are free from thoughts.
Devotee: The Atman is formless. How shall I concentrate on it?
Ramana Maharishi: Leave alone the Atman which you say is formless or intangible. Mind is tangible to you. Hold the mind and it will do.
Ramana Maharishi: It is through the same will-power that the seat of all diseases, the body, has risen.
Devotee: So it is said thoughts manifest as objects.
Ramana Maharishi: This thought must be for mukti (liberation).
Devotee: God must enable us to get rid of the other thoughts.
Ramana Maharishi: This is again a thought. Let that which has incarnated raise the question. You are not that because you are free from thoughts.
Devotee: The Atman is formless. How shall I concentrate on it?
Ramana Maharishi: Leave alone the Atman which you say is formless or intangible. Mind is tangible to you. Hold the mind and it will do.
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