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Prayer & Surrender In The Ramana Way
Bhagavan Ramana
Those
whose
approach
to
self-enquiry
is
merely
intellectual
may
underrate
the
importance
of
prayer
and
surrender
to
the
Sadguru
Ramana.
One
can
quote
Ramana
and
say
that
there
are
two
alternatives
one
is
to
enquire
and
discover
that
the
ego
or
the
mind
originates
from
the
Self
and
cannot
exist
apart
from
the
Self.
The
other
is
to
allow
Ramana
to
strike
down
one's
ego
by
recognizing
his
omnipotence
and
one's
own
incapacity
to
push
through
self-enquiry
to
its
logical
extent.
Experience on the path would reveal that what seem to be alternatives are really complementary as is being explained by Ramana in the quote at the beginning. To understand the full implication of this statement one has to recognize that grace is active only for the one whose attitude to self-enquiry is not cocky over-confidence.
If one starts self-enquiry placing exclusive reliance in his own capacity to dive within, then the chances are that more often than not, one would be stranded on the way. Even if one succeeds in being focused on the 'I', in being just aware, not aware of this or that, thoughts may just be waiting in the aisles or be hidden waiting for an opportunity to sprout. So long as long ingrained habit locates happiness in objects, the power of past memories relating to those object related experiences would push one out.
Thoughts would crowd in when vigilance wanes.Hence one would be well advised to travel with a powerful companion, a friend not only in distress but at all times. The presence of Ramana the Sadguru needs to be practiced by invoking his grace. Broadly in such self-enquiry when one is consciously guided by Ramana the steps would be along the following lines.
About
the
author
Sri A.R.Natarajan has had the opportunity of a long association of over 50 years with the Ramanashram. He was the editor of "Mountain Path" for two years. He was the secretary of Ramana Kendra, New Delhi for ten years. He founded the Ramana Maharshi centre for learning, a non profit institution. He has authored more than thirty six books and eleven pocket books on the life and teachings of Bhagavan Ramana.
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