BENEDICTION:
(Anugraha)
The Self, the Truth, is that which ever 'IS' --- it is ever the 'Real'. Therefore, there is no need for 'realizing' the Self nor make it
into a 'Reality', says Sri Bhagavan.
He adds that the seeker, however, has the responsibility of to do the act of 'unrealizing' the 'non-Real' through the Sadhana
of Self Inquiry. Everything external to oneself is non-Real --- as proved in deep sleep -- yet, one's mind constantly externalizes
one's attention outward, thus landing one in doubt, uncertainty and pain. On the other hand, withdrawing the mind from external
attention and introverting it to internal attention lands one in the lap of peace, quietude, and contentment (as in deep sleep).
Hence, it is very clear that any movement focused inward, merges one in the movement-less Reality.
How is one to effect this movement? Sri Bhagavan commands: "Hrdi Visa" = Enter into the Heart. It is Sri Bhagavan Ramana
who 'discovered', as it were, that the Spiritual Heart is the self and it is on the right side of the chest.*
* Verse 18 of Reality in Forty Verses, Supplement: "Between the two breasts, below the chest and above the abdomen, there are
six (psychic) organs of various colors. Of these, one, looking like a water lily bud, is the Heart, and it is situated at two digits'
distance to the right of center. In the Heart, (hridaya) shines the "I-I".
contd.,
Arunachala Siva.