Page 323 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj
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and our true nature which is realised. This is a valid point but it is only half true. It is clear that one cannot objectify oneself although it is oft attempted. If we look for a thing to call self we will not find anything. If we call our thought, mind or sense perception our self it is found they are always in a state of constant flux.
The flux of thought and sense data is not the self because the self abides in the midst of all flux; when the flux passes who we are remains. This scientific attitude is beneficial for even though we cannot isolate and define a source/cause, we cannot deny that the self abides in the midst of all this coming and going of thought and perception. It also becomes clear that identification with all the activity of mind and sense is an error for it cannot be who we are if we abide without that activity.
Identification with thought, form, and sense is the ego, and that is the source of unhappiness. We do not need years of practice to come to this conclusion. We are never distant from our true nature and we do not need a microscope to inquire into silence. We need to simply do nothing and observe what remains in a moment of no thought.
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