Devotee: “How should I meditate? I do not have peace of mind.”
Ramana Maharishi: Peace is our real nature. It need not be attained. Our thoughts must be obliterated.
Devotee: I have been trying to obliterate them but I am not successful.
Ramana Maharishi: The Gita method is the only one for it. Whenever mind strays away bring it back to bear on meditation.
Devotee: I cannot bring my mind to meditate.
Another devotee: An elephant when free puts its trunk here and there and feels restless. If a length of chain is given to it, the trunk holds it and is no longer restless. Similarly, mind without an aim is restless, with an aim it remains at peace
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Devotee: Vairagya is necessary ...
Ramana Maharishi: Abhyasa and vairagya are necessary. Vairagya is the absence of diffused thoughts; abhyasa is concentration on one thought only. The one is the positive and the other the negative aspect of meditation.
Devotee: I am not able to do so by myself. I am in search of a force to help me.
Ramana Maharishi: Yes, what is called Grace. Individually we are incapable because the mind is weak. Grace is necessary. Sadhu seva is meant only for it. There is however nothing new to get. Just as a weak man comes under the control of a stronger one, the weak mind of a man comes under control easily in the presence of the strong-minded sadhus. That which is - is only Grace; there is nothing else.
Ramana Maharishi: Peace is our real nature. It need not be attained. Our thoughts must be obliterated.
Devotee: I have been trying to obliterate them but I am not successful.
Ramana Maharishi: The Gita method is the only one for it. Whenever mind strays away bring it back to bear on meditation.
Devotee: I cannot bring my mind to meditate.
Another devotee: An elephant when free puts its trunk here and there and feels restless. If a length of chain is given to it, the trunk holds it and is no longer restless. Similarly, mind without an aim is restless, with an aim it remains at peace
…..
Devotee: Vairagya is necessary ...
Ramana Maharishi: Abhyasa and vairagya are necessary. Vairagya is the absence of diffused thoughts; abhyasa is concentration on one thought only. The one is the positive and the other the negative aspect of meditation.
Devotee: I am not able to do so by myself. I am in search of a force to help me.
Ramana Maharishi: Yes, what is called Grace. Individually we are incapable because the mind is weak. Grace is necessary. Sadhu seva is meant only for it. There is however nothing new to get. Just as a weak man comes under the control of a stronger one, the weak mind of a man comes under control easily in the presence of the strong-minded sadhus. That which is - is only Grace; there is nothing else.
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