[Chaturamnaya] Enquiry and Sadhana - 2

[Azeem Lakha]

Thank you also for sharing Sant Namdev. Beautiful. Just knowing that the more intense our love for Him, …"because it is our nature to remember that which we love most"… Just this is immensely beneficial
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Amy Zoll <amyzoll at verizon.net> wrote:
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>   Thank you so much for this!   
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> "Japa and God are one and the same. See the philosophy
> of Name as given by Saint Namdev.
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> I have included here a PDF of the "Philosophy of Namdev" which I read somewhere Bhagavan kept near Him at all times.  Thank you again. 
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> <Name.pdf>
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>> https://ramanafiles.s3.amazonaws.com/mountainpath/1969%20IV%20Oct.pdf <https://ramanafiles.s3.amazonaws.com/mountainpath/1969%20IV%20Oct.pdf>
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>> D: Should I alternate my questions
>> Koham etc. with the replies given by Sri
>> Sankara, such as mano buddhyahankar
>> chiitani naham etc.? Or should I repeat the
>> formula Shivoham after each question
>> Koham?
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>> M: Suggestive replies such as Shivoham
>> etc. to the enquiry, are not to be given to
>> the mind during the meditation. The true
>> answer will come by itself. Any answer the
>> ego may give cannot be correct. These affirmations
>> or auto-suggestions may be of help
>> to those who follow other methods, but not in
>> this method of enquiry. If you go on asking,
>> the reply will come. The method of enquiry
>> is dhyana, and the effortless state is Jnana.
>>  
>> D: I have been practising saguna meditation
>> with japa of Guru-mantra in accordance
>> with the teachings and writings of my
>> Gurudev. Can I practise meditation according
>> to the method of enquiry "Who am I"
>> now? Am I fitted to take up this method,
>> if I feel inclined to do so?
>>  
>> M: 'I' is also a Guru-mantra. The first
>> name of God is 'I' (Tasya aham nama,
>> Br. Up.). Even OM comes later. Atma or
>> the real Self is always I-I. There is no
>> mantra without the person who does the
>> Japa, i.e. Aham. The japa of aham is always
>> going on within.
>>  
>> Japa leads to dhyana and dhyana leads to
>> Jnana. You may practise saguna meditation
>> or the method of enquiry, according to your
>> inclination. Only that method will appeal to
>> a person which is most suitable for him.
>>  
>> D: I have been practising other forms of
>> sadhana also, apart from the Saguna meditation
>> mentioned above, such as japa,
>> mantra-writing, keertan, bhajana, swadhyaya,
>> spiritual propaganda, lectures, free
>> distribution of religious publications, etc.
>> Should I continue these in addition to the
>> enquiry of "Who am I" if I get spare time,
>> or should I curtail some or all of these and
>> spend more time in the enquiry only?
>> Will the above practices be helpful in
>> quickening my progress in the enquiry?
>>  
>> M: Without losing hold of the knowledge
>> of "Who you are", you may continue to
>> perform all activities as prompted by the
>> inner controller. They will go on even without
>> your efforts. What you are destined to
>> do, you cannot avoid. They will come your
>> way of their own accord. You should also
>> understand what Japa, Kirtana etc. are
>> meant for. Become and stay what you are.
>> Thm real Japa is always going on. Japa and
>> God are one and the same. See the philosophy
>> of Name as given by Saint Namdev.
>>  
>>  
>> (To be Continued)
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