RAJA DHI RAJ SADGURUNATH SHRI RAMAKANT MAHARAJ KI JAI!
Knowledge given by Master is understood (intellectually), but to dissolve the unstable mind, our _Sampradaya_ (lineage) emphasis on Meditation. Meditation is extremely important, but we don’t understand its importance. As a _sadhaka_ (aspirant) meditate as much as possible. Spend at least an hour or two on Meditation. We say, I am unable to focus (concentrate)! Everyone complains. They come to me saying we are unable to concentrate; many thoughts are flowing. (I say) Let the thoughts come, why worry? It’s natural for thoughts to flow. I give an example, if you are digging a well, you are bound to come across mud and rocks, stones, pebbles etc. You won’t get water immediately; you will have to try hard. Only after removing all mud and stones etc., then water will be found. Similarly, there are many impressions on our mind which we are carrying, they will slowly and silently dissolve, with Meditation.
Change Yourself as per the Teachings of the Master
Swatmabodh – 129
Sadguru Shri Ramakant Maharaj
Aatmaanatmavivek, chapter 11, page 113
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Jai Guru,
After strong involvement in spirituality through meditation, a flow of illusory concepts, will appear upon your Spontaneous Invisible Presence, and instantly disappear. Continue with your normal spiritual practice, which will result in all the concepts vanishing, including Brahman.
How were you prior to beingness? There was no experiencer, no experience, and no witness. Though you are living with the body, you will remain unconcerned with the illusory world. There will be complete peacefulness, happiness, and fearlessness, no feelings of existence, and hence no confusion. All identities will disappear, including mind, ego, and intellect, which is miraculous, and cannot be expressed in words. In brief, you are very close to the top of the spiritual mountain, so do not look back, and do not share whatever is happening in your spiritual life.
Your Spontaneous Presence is everywhere, just like the sky or the space, where there is no individuality, where experience and the experiencer dissolve or disappear. No body-essence remains. I think that you no longer require excessive practice or sadhana, because Ultimate Truth or Reality has been absorbed within you. Do not pay attention to whatever is happening, or not happening, in this illusory world. Whatever I have conveyed to you for your spirituality is enough.
When you have strong devotion, your crazy mind rebels against you, to distract you from your Reality. Do not struggle with the mind. That good or bad thoughts are flowing, is just the nature of the mind. Do not pay so much attention to your mind, ego, and intellect. As you know, so many unpleasant incidents happen in your life, but with your strong spiritual willpower you can overcome all these problems. Furthermore, with the blessings of Sadguru, your “so many unpleasant problems” are solved miraculously. What more do you want? Sadguru krupa is always with you.
Why worry? Be normal, be simple, be humble, be always with you. Concentrate deeply and fully in meditation. Continue reciting the Naam Mantra. Be peaceful, be tension-free, be happy, be fearless all the time. In this human life, there is more pain and less pleasure. Almost all the spiritual saints face a lot of problems, but with their strong devotional power, they overcome all their unpleasant situations. Do not be a slave of your mind!
With your strong devotion and faith in Sadguru, you can easily control your mind, ego, and intellect. Sadguru bhakti has strong shakti power.
With blessings to all,
Jai Sadguru!
Sadguru Shri Ramakant Maharaj
Ultimate Truth
You are to establish yourself, without any identification whatsoever. When you are not identifying yourself, this is the way you were prior to beingness. And That is your position. It is your place of origin. Your Original Place! This is the Stateless State.
Your Presence existed prior to beingness, prior to the mind, the ego and the intellect, prior to everything. You are trying to apply reason and logic to your illusory life, because you have identified with the body-form. Your Reality has nothing to do with reason and logic. Find out who is living? Find out who is dying? Nobody!
You have mistaken your identity and accepted the bodyform as your Reality. As a consequence, there is an egoistic “I” that is influencing and controlling you. Prior to that “I”, there was only pure Presence.
There is no such thing as a disciple, and there is no such thing as a Master. No one has ever visited a Master because there is only One Masterly Essence that is Formless. That Masterly Essence is in you. You are the Master. “The Master is Not Separate From You.”
Sri Ramakant Maharaj
Nirupana 34
Thursday, June 8, 1978
The meaning of the mantra is your consciousness. You should make it known to you. While reciting the mantra, whatever you feel, let it be felt. It will go away. The import of the mantra is your beingness. In order to realize it, become more and more quiet. You are not dependent on the five elements, or sleep, or wakefulness. Until such time that this becomes clear, go on contemplating. In the end you will realize that you were never born, neither have you carried out any worldly action. When you are enlightened you will say, ‘It was not necessary for me to gain the world or worldly knowledge’. Renunciation means to detach from the five elements and consciousness.
Without air, fire has no soul. Without the light of Brahman (consciousness) there is no space and without space there is no air. In the five elements there is no static form as such. To know this thoroughly is called renunciation. We know that ‘we are’ because of the five elements and consciousness. They will not last. One who has recognized this cannot be seasonal. If there is no consciousness, what can be known? One who has not thought of his own nature, has to believe in things he hears in the world. A rare one, by the grace of the Guru, will pay attention to That through which the worldly phenomenon is sensed. He will not be attracted to the world. He will only pay attention to his consciousness.
This knowledge is about Him through whom the world is visible. The sense ‘I am’ is known through Him. This is the work of consciousness. As a result of the Guru-word, this knowledge will be created spontaneously. When the atomic consciousness in the body awakens, it pervades the universe. When asleep, it pervades the dream world. The universe is filled with consciousness and it continues its existence. The one who knows this is called a jnani. A person may get to be the king of the world but as long as he has not realized his consciousness, his achievements are like a mirage.
All religions are the religions of tradition. The true religion is to know the nature of the Self. Be in That.
One who is dead – does he get the experience that he is dead? Someone else says that he is dead. Such is tradition. The sight of the knower is consciousness. In view of that sight, all this performance is going on. After realization, there is no place for individuality. But there remains a memory, in some form or the other, of being an individual. Consciousness that has pervaded the universe does not pertain to someone in particular. It belongs to all. However, it is seasonal, temporary, time-bound. When its duration is over, it is gone.
People take to saffron robes just to take advantage of a tradition. Other people fold their hands and bow before them. Catch hold of consciousness so that your renunciation has a true meaning. Meditate on consciousness. It will show you its Source. The world is seen within consciousness, which itself has been created through ignorance.
What you have heard from other people is the source of fear, bondage, and liberation for you. Can the one who has understood time see death? Consciousness has no support. It does not depend on the five elements or the three gunas. One’s own nature is the true knowledge. It is not dependent on anyone or anything.
First you must see your own Self. Renunciation happens through Self-knowledge. One who has understood the ultimate meaning knows his Self. The rest are all selfish (who look after the well-being of their own individual self – ego). Call your consciousness as the Guru. Then it will show you the right way. It is consciousness that takes renunciation. A rare one out of millions can give initiation by saying, ‘you will not die’.
Meditations With Sri Nisargadatta