HOLD ON TO THE DOUBTER AND THE DOUBTS WILL VANISH In answer to some question Maharshi said: “There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.” D.: How to communicate thought to each other? M.: That is only when there is the notion of two. D.: How to get peace? M.: That is the natural state. The mind obstructs the innate peace. Our investigation is only in the mind. Investigate the mind; it will disappear. There is no entity by name mind. Because of the emergence of thoughts we surmise something from which they start. That we term mind. When we probe to see what it is, there is nothing like it. After it has vanished, Peace will be found to remain eternal. D.: What is buddhi (intellect)? M.: The thinking or discriminating faculty. These are mere names. Be it the ego, the mind or the intellect, it is all the same. Whose mind? Whose intellect? The ego’s. Is the ego real? No. We confound the ego and call it intellect or mind. D.: Emerson says, “Soul answers soul by itself - not by description or words.” M.: Quite so. However much you learn, there will be no bounds to knowledge. You ignore the doubter but try to solve the doubts. On the other hand, hold on to the doubter and the doubts will disappear. D.: Then the question resolves itself to knowing the Self. M.: Quite so. D.: How to know the Self? M.: See what the Self is. What you consider to be the Self, is really either the mind or the intellect or the ‘I-thought’. The other thoughts arise only after the ‘I-thought’. So hold on to it. The others will vanish leaving the Self as the residuum. D.: The difficulty lies in reaching it. M.: There is no reaching it at all because it is eternal, here and now. If the Self were to be gained anew, it would not be permanent. D.: How to obtain equanimity or peace or equilibrium of mind? What is the best way? M.: I have already answered it. Investigate the mind. It is eliminated and you remain over. Let your standpoint become that of wisdom then the world will be found to be God. dristin jnanamayim kritva pasyet Brahmamayam jagat. So the question is one of outlook. You pervade all. See yourself and all are understood. But you have now lost hold of your Self and go about doubting other things. D.: How to know the Self? M.: Are there two ‘I’s? How do you know your own existence? Do you see yourself with these eyes? Question yourself. How does this question arise? Do I remain to ask it or not? Can I find my Self as in a mirror? Because your outlook has been outward bent, it has lost sight of the Self and your vision is external. The Self is not found in external objects. Turn your look within and plunge down; you will be the Self. - Talks
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