Thursday, November 5, 2015

Mind is tangible to you. Hold the mind and it will do.

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.

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