You declared:
‘Ullaporul, that which exists,
which gets the name ‘ullam’,
is not a thought form.’
Praise be to you!
You declared:
'Consciousness of reality
and consciousness of the things
around us do not exist apart
from that reality.’
Praise be to you!
‘Therefore, the place
where everything exists
is the Heart.’
This you declared.
Praise be to you!
- ‘Upadesha Tiruvahal’ by Muruganar
Could there be a being-consciousness existing apart from That which eternally is? Since that reality exists in the Heart, free of thought, who could meditate upon that reality, called the heart? Know that to remain within the Heart, as it is, is truly to meditate upon it.
- Ulladu Narpadu, the Forty Verses on ‘That-which exists’
For knowing That which Is
There is no other knower.
Hence Being is Awareness
And we are all Awareness.
To know the Self is but to be the Self,
For It is non-dual.
In such knowledge
One abides as That.
- Upadesa Saram, verse 23 and 26
This is a beautiful collection of verses about the unity of being, Sat, and pure awareness, called Chit. Being is awareness. It cannot be experienced as an object, a sensation, or a mental state because it is non-dual. We can only BE it. It is always available if we drop all thinking, wanting, or any form of mental activity for a moment and rest as IT. A spacious stillness without content reveals itself. It is a quality that surpasses any other mental state. It brings a distance immediately, and at the same time a closeness to the mental 'objects' it contacts. That is why Sri Ramana often said that there is only ONE condition to be fulfilled: 'Summa iru!' -Be still!...
The more we can stay in this beingness, the clearer it will reveal itself. Thus, long-term cultivation will be experienced, culminating in the manonasa experience the young Venkataraman made in 1896 in Madurai.
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