Parcel 1 - 25 April 2020

Troubles only arise with thoughts, as the whole world arises only from thoughts. 

Why get yourself in all of this trouble? 

Simply do not think. When you don't think you don't need to do anything else. 

This is quite enough. 

And don't make any effort to not think. 

~ Papaji

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Give yourself completely to the act of listening. 

Beyond the sounds there is something greater, a sacredness that cannot be understood through thought.

 ~ Eckhart Tolle

Closing the Eyes versus I thought/ aham vritti
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D: Has closing the eyes during meditation any efficacy?

M: The eyes can be closed or open as one finds convenient. 

It is not the eyes that see. There is one who sees through the eyes. If he is turned inwards and is not looking through the eyes they can be open and yet nothing will be seen. 

If we keep our eyes closed it is the same to us whether the windows of this room are open or shut.

Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi

Investigation is direct & meditation is indirect method
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D: Is not meditation better than investigation?

M: Meditation implies mental imagery, 
whereas 
investigation is for the Reality. 

The former is objective, whereas the latter is subjective.

Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi

Atma vichara is not intellectual it takes direct to the Self
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D: If I go on rejecting thoughts, can I call it Vichara?

M: It may be a stepping stone. 
But really Vichara begins when you cling to your Self and are already off the mental movement, the thought-waves.

D: Then Vichara is not intellectual?

M: No, it is inner quest.

Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi