#self knowledge

[theweightofdivinity]

Most people don’t realize how normalized the lower realms have become.

The obsession with money, lust, power, attention, validation, it’s all the bottom of the ladder. The entry level of consciousness, and yet it’s treated like the whole point of living.

[panncakesposts]

Always making an effort so everyone feels comfortable when nobody bothers with me…

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[awarenessisnondual]

Meditation practices in the Ribhu Gita

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1. Self-Inquiry (Atma Vichara)

Whenever a thought, sensation, or emotion arises,

inquire: “Who am I?”

Recognize: “I am not the body, not the mind;

I am pure Awareness.”

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2. Neti-neti (Not this, not this)

Reject all that is perceived as “not-Self.”

What remains after all rejection is the Self.

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3. Abidance in the Self (Nididhyasana)

Do not meditate on anything; simply remain as Being.

Rest in the knowledge: “I am Brahman.”

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4. Dissolution of the world

See the world as a mere appearance in Consciousness.

Do not deny it; deny its reality.

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5. Silence (Mauna)

True silence is the absence of mental interference.

In silence, the Self shines by itself.

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6. Firm knowledge (Jnana Nishtha)

Remain established in the certainty: “I am ever free.”

No effort, no practice, no goal.

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Essence of the Ribhu Gita

Nothing is to be attained.

Nothing is to be removed.

The Self alone is.

[positivelypresent]

The relationship you have with yourself is the foundation for all other relationships in your life.

[know-the-self]

Talking of the witness should not lead to the idea that there is a witness and something else apart from him that he is witnessing.

The witness really means the light that illumines the seer, the seen, and the process of seeing.

Before, during, and after the triads of seer, seen, and seeing, the illumination exists. It alone exists always.

- Ramana Maharshi

There is no one standing apart watching life go by like a spectator.

There is only the light in which the watcher, the watched, and the watching itself all appear.

That light was already there before the seer, the seen, and the seeing arose.

It remains all through their existence, and it remains unmoved even after they dissolve.

You are not the witness standing outside experience.

You are the light in which experience itself appears and disappears

[sunrisethoughts02]

You might have disappointed some people; this doesn’t mean you are a disappointment.

you might not have have met some people’s needs; this doesn’t mean you are a failure.

you might not have received the love you needed; this doesn’t mean you are unlovable. just because you did not meet other people’s expectations doesn’t mean you are fundamentally flawed or a waste of space. You are a human who is growing and learning and trying again.