InnerRealisation

My son!
Realized sages say that
absolute inherence in Reality
means becoming one with the immutable, tranquil, non-dual Absolute Supreme Being which is Existence-Consciousness-Bliss and the Self of all, and
making the wandering mind one with it
like the proverbial milk and water,
absolutely free from all concepts.

When one scrutinizes this variety of manifestation one realizes that
it does not really exist and
that everything is the undifferentiated Absolute Supreme Being
which is not different from the Self and oneself.

Let this knowledge become firm with you by constant practice.
Then,
discarding everything,
become one with the Supreme Absolute Reality and, remaining as that, be happy.

🕉 RIBHU GITA.
Chapter 26. Verses 2 & 3.
(This Ribhu Gita is an ancient text. It means literally, “Ribhu’s Song,” and is Part Six of
the Shiva Rahasya, a legendary mystical text in India. The whole of the Ribhu Gita is
said to represent the teaching given to the Sage Ribhu by God Himself in the form of
Lord Shiva, the formless aspect of the Divine Activity in whom all beings and things are always already absorbed. The Sage in turn gave the teaching to his reluctant disciple
Nidagha.)

DEVOTEE: How is the mind to be stilled?

SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI:
Looking at the mind with the mind, or fixing the mind in the Self, brings the mind under control of the Self.

DEVOTEE: Is there any yoga, i.e., a process for it?
MAHARSHI: Vichara (investigation) alone will do.

DEVOTEE: How is Poorna Brahman to be attained? What is the method best  suited to a grihasta?
MAHARSHI:
You have already said poorna, i.e., perfection.
Are you apart from Poorna?
If apart from it, will it be poorna?
If not apart how does the question arise?
The knowledge that Brahman is poorna and that  you are not apart from the same is the finality.
See it and you will  find that you are not a grihasta or any limited being.

DEVOTEE: What are the tatvas?
MAHARSHI:
Knowledge of poorna Brahman will elucidate the other matters automatically.

– Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Talk 394 & Talk 395.

Between Mind and No-Mind: The Sufi Journey of the Self

In the vast ocean of spiritual awakening, the seeker often finds themselves caught between two shores: the active mind and the silent no-mind. This space in between — neither here nor there — is the threshold where true transformation begins. It is not a destination, but a passage. A sacred pause where the ego dissolves, and the soul begins to listen to the Divine within.

The mind, in Sufi understanding, is a beautiful servant but a dangerous master. It creates form, thought, identity — all necessary for functioning in the world. Yet, when the mind becomes the only voice we hear, we drift far from our true essence. The ego, born from this identification, builds a palace of mirrors — reflecting only illusions, never the Real.

In contrast, the state of no-mind is not emptiness or confusion; it is pure Presence. It is the silence before sound, the awareness before thought, the breath between inhale and exhale. It is not something you achieve through effort — but something you fall into when effort dissolves. The Sufi seeks not to control the mind but to transcend it, to use it as a tool while remaining anchored in the deeper knowing of the heart.

The ego says, “I am.”
The soul whispers, “He is.”
This is the foundational truth of the Path. The ego clings to form and name; the soul surrenders to the Formless and Nameless.

To walk this path is to embrace the paradox:
We must learn, then unlearn.
We must strive, then surrender.
We must exist, and then disappear.

Every day the ego constructs a throne.
Every night, the dervish whirls and destroys it.
Why?
Because only in the ruins of false identity
can the Light of the Beloved sit.

The journey between mind and no-mind is not linear. It is a spiral — like the movement of the galaxies, like the spinning of the dervish. The seeker revolves through stages of remembrance and forgetfulness, presence and absence, intoxication and sobriety. In each cycle, something false is shed and something real is revealed.

In Sufi cosmology, this space of “between” is sacred. It is called Barzakh — the isthmus between two worlds, the bridge between being and non-being. The dervish learns to dwell here, where opposites meet and dissolve. Where thought melts into silence. Where love is not a feeling but a state of being.

To reach this space, one must stop identifying with the mind’s chatter. The mind can calculate, strategize, and plan — but it cannot touch the Divine. That realm is reserved for the heart, the intuitive knowing that arises when the mind is silent.

As Eckhart Tolle wisely said,
“Thinking and consciousness are not synonymous.
Thinking is only a small aspect of consciousness.
Thought cannot exist without consciousness,
but consciousness does not need thought.”

The way of the Sufi is to become conscious — not just of thoughts, but of the space between them. That is where the Beloved hides. That is where the soul breathes. That is where the true Master resides — not a teacher outside, but the Light of Guidance within.

To become a master of the self is to learn how to use the ego as a tool, not be enslaved by it. To dissolve into silence when needed, and to rise again with awareness. This dance — of dissolving and returning — is like breathing.
Inhale: disappear.
Exhale: return.

In the no-mind state, creativity flows. The poet finds verses, the mystic receives vision, the lover meets the Beloved. It is the sacred garden where the thousand-petalled lotus blooms without root, nourished only by Divine Light.

Ultimately, we are not the mind. We are not even the ego. We are a wave of consciousness, as unique as a fingerprint, rising and returning to the cosmic ocean. The mind is a tool. The body is a vessel. The ego is a cloak. But the Self — the true Self — is beyond all these.

To live between mind and no-mind is to live in balance, in surrender, in beauty.
It is to be the flute, hollow and empty, through which the Breath of the Divine plays its eternal melody.

And in that music, the seeker disappears.

And only the Beloved remains.

Written by Sufi shah

It is better for you to go on creating a large accumulation of one sound in the unconscious, so that there will be only one form. If you create many sounds, there will be many forms, because every sound has its own form. So you have to know and remember only one mantra, and that will create a great and powerful groove. When you need help, suddenly that force comes – and then you think, “An angel helped me” or “Suddenly some-one helped me”- but no one besides yourself helped you. It was your own faith and your mantra, deep in your unconscious mind, that projected itself to help you.

-SWAMI RAMA
Path of Fire and Light, Vol II [pg 137]

The liberated one is alone, but he is all. He is not even a being. He is the beingness of all beings. Not even that. No words apply. He is what he is, the ground from which all grows.

Everybody dies as he lives. I am not afraid of death, because I am not afraid of life. I live a happy life and shall die a happy death. Misery is to be born, not to die.

I was never born. How can I grow old? What I appear to be to you exists only in your mind. I am not concerned with it.

I am a dream that can wake you up. You will have the proof of it in your very waking up.

Your foolishness is thinking that you were born and will die, that you are a body displaying a mind and all such nonsense. In my world nobody is born and nobody dies. Some people go on a journey and come back, some never leave. What difference does it make since they travel in dreamlands, each wrapped up in his own dream. Only the waking up is important. It is enough to know the ‘I am’ as reality and also love.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Do not be bound by this earth. This is just a place where for a time you are to act your part. Do not give undue importance to it. Balance material and spiritual duties in your life; that will bring you supreme happiness. Be ambitious for God, which will help you to play your part well. God would not have given you a brain if He didn’t want you to think and reason. He would not have given you a will if He didn’t expect you to use it. But while you perform your dutiful actions, do not create new desires. Become a perfect actor, seeking just to do God’s bidding. Only in perfecting your portrayal in God’s drama do you earn the right to retire to your Divine Home.

– Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
Book – Journey to Self-Realization
Chapter – “Make new determinations: Be what you want to be”, page 368

*If the goal is to transform the world, where must we begin? Bhagawan lovingly serves us an important reminder today.*

To eliminate the mind and remove the delusions from it, desires have to be controlled. But the sadhaks of today have not reduced their desires. It must be realised that selfishness and self-centeredness have to be got rid of. Selfishness is the root cause of all the afflictions plaguing man. If the world is to be transformed, we must begin with the individual. His evil traits have to be removed. He must fill himself with sacred thoughts. To start with, the individual must reform himself. Without the individual realising his true nature, all other accomplishments are of no avail. Man is exploring the most distant regions in space, but is not moving even an inch towards understanding his heart. Is this the journey man should undertake? He must turn the mind inwards. Turning the mind towards the external world can only breed sorrow. Enduring bliss can be got only by directing the mind towards God. That is the real sadhana. Without mental transformation, all other changes are meaningless. Without changing your qualities, you remain in the same state as before. Develop good qualities and sanctify yourself.

*The water vapour produced by the sun becomes a cloud and hides the sun itself. Likewise, the thoughts arising in the mind conceal the Atma.*

Love All, Serve All, Pray All.

(DIVINE DISCOURSE)

Swamiji.
💐🙏🔔

I shall now tell you the scheme of liberation.

One learns true devotion to God after a meritorious life continued in several births, and then worships Him for a long time with intense devotion.
Dispassion for the pleasures of life arises in a devotee who gradually begins to long for knowledge of the truth and becomes absorbed in the search for it.
He then finds his gracious Master and learns from him all about the transcendental state. He has now gained theoretical knowledge.
[Note: This is Sravana.]

After this he is impelled to revolve the whole matter in his mind until he is satisfied from his own practical knowledge with the harmony of the scriptural injunctions and the teachings of his Master. He is able to ascertain the highest truth with clearness and certitude.
[Note: This is Manana.]

The ascertained knowledge of the Oneness of
the Self must afterwards be brought into practice, even forcibly if necessary, until the experience of the truth occurs to him.
[Note: This is Nidhidhyasana.]

After experiencing the Inner Self, he will be able to identify the Self with the Supreme and thus destroy the root of ignorance. There is no doubt of it.
The inner Self is realised in advanced
contemplation and that state of realisation is called nirvikalpa samadhi.

Memory of that realisation enables one to identify the Inner Self with the Universal Self (as ‘I am That’).
[Note: This is pratyabhijna jnana.]

– Tripura Rahasya. Chapter XVII. (63-69).

Bhagawan Lovingly Explains…

Yoga Vasishta Reveals…

Remain always
as pure Consciousness
which is
your constant (i.e. true) nature
beyond the states of
waking, dream and deep sleep.

O mighty-armed,
be always free
from mental concepts
like the heart of a rock
though not insentient like it.

Do not be that
which is understood,
nor the one who understands.
Abandon all concepts and
remain what you are.

Eliminate one concept by another and
the mind by the mind and
abide in the Self.
Is this so difficult,
O holy man?

Love All, Serve All, Pray All.

(AMRIT VANI)

Swamiji.

*In the path of surrender to God, what is it that we must surrender? Bhagawan, our sole refuge, clearly lays it out for us today.*

Dedication or Prapatti means total surrender. There is a formidable force that stands between man and God like a limiting wall. This power that is separating the devotee from God is the ‘ego’. Only when we succeed in destroying the ego can we merge into Divinity. First, we must be able to surrender this ego to God. Prapatti means surrendering of body, mind, intellect, awareness, and senses, they being dependent on the ego. Money, might, caste, education, beauty, kingdom, penance, and arrogance are all related to ego. Together or individually, they are comprised of ego. Among them, pride in wealth and education are much worse. There are medicines for all kinds of diseases. But the disease of ego cannot be cured by any kind of medicine. There is only one medicine that is capable of subduing this disease of ego; that is Divinity. No other medicine except Divinity is capable of curing this formidable disease.

*The vision of the inner Atma will not be revealed to the spiritual aspirant as long as one’s ego continues to exist.*

Love All, Serve All, Pray All.

(DIVINE DISCOURSE)

Swamiji.
💐🙏🔔