Tag: self-inquiry
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What’s So Special About Self-inquiry
What’s very special, it could be said, about Self-inquiry is that it’s an inquiry. But what sort of inquiry is it? Not, to be sure, a philosophical inquiry whose point is to come to unimaginable clarity in the mode of thought (see The Art of Inquiry). Usually, the conclusion of a philosophical inquiry is a…
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The Specific Meaning Of The Inward Turn
Ramana Maharshi states, “The Self is known to everyone, but not clearly.” All that’s needed is right here. The Self cannot be an object, nor can it be conjoined to one. This is because–to take but one distinguishing factor–the Self is continuously present whereas all objects appear and then disappear. Therefore, the Self is not…
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‘Mind In Purity Is The Self’
“Mind in purity is the Self.” –Ramana Maharshi, Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (ed. David Godman), p. 118. How can it be that the mind that has been purified is identical with the Self? To understand how this is so, we had better begin our inquiry with the question: “What…
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How Ajata Is A Permanent Solution To Seeing Apparent Defects In Creation
Those who conclude that any defect does not exist in creation without a defect in perception are those who have known the truth. –Ramana Maharshi as cited in Sri Sadhu Om, The Path of Sri Ramana, p. 167. The world, many declaim, is fallen and must be saved. Is this true? On this point, the…
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‘Ego Itself Is Everything’
If ego comes into existence, then everything comes into existence; if ego does not exist, everything does not exist. Ego itself is everything. –Ramana Maharshi, “Verse 26,” Ulladu Narpadu 1. Start the inquiry by asking whether the world exists. If it exists, then it must be a solid entity, indeed a substance. Is it? The…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 