Sadhus Reminiscences of Raman Maharshi

Author(s): Arunachal Sadhu
Publisher: Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai

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A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi
Bhagavan once told me that thought comes in flashes, no thought was continuous. It was like the cycle of an alternating current, but was so rapid that it seemed continuous as does the light given off by an electric bulb. If one could only concentrate on the intervals between thoughts rather than on the thoughts themselves that would be Self-realization.
He always taught that mind and thought were exactly the same, “The mind is nothing but a lot of thoughts.”
Upad. Saram. V. 18 And again that ego and mind were identical and arose together, “The ego rising all else will arise.”
Ull. Narp. V. 26 "The ego the root of all thought.”
Ull. Narp. V. 40. Yes, surely but, "The mind in truth is only the thought I'.”
Ull. Narp. V. 40 The ego is as impermanent as thought and has in truth no real existence at all. Do not the Buddhists say that there is no such thing as ego? Which brings us directly to Advaita.
Now Advaita is not the same as is usually meant by Monism nor is it some catch-word to avoid difficulties. The word means, of course, Not-Two, but this is not the equivalent for One, though to the casual thinker it is not easy to see where the difference lies. But if we call it