The Mind Must Be Erased Out of Existence

 

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Josh Trenge

13 minutes ago

  My awareness of myself does not preclude my existence... :-)

Voidisyinyang Voidisyinyang 1 second ago

@Josh Trenge 

"For instance, does a man say always "I am a man"? He does not. On the other hand, if a thought arises that he is a cow or a buffalo, he has to remind himself that he is not a cow, but "I am a man". This would never happen. It is the same with one's own existence and realisation...The mind does not exist apart from the Self, that is, is has no independent existence. The Self exists without the mind, never the mind without the Self. ..For you cannot deny your own existence. That existence is consciousness, the Self...The mind must be erased out of existence. See who the thinker is, who the seeker is. Then abide as the thinker, the seeker, and all thoughts will then disappear. That ego is pure ego purged of thoughts. It is the same as the Self."

 

https://www.inner-quest.org/Ramana_Abide.htm