

All the wisdom that this book provides is enough to warm your heart and take away any irrational fear from your mind. It was all recorded by Swami Ramanand Saraswati. This book has all the conversations that the Guru had with his visitors between 19. All of this was communicated through the silence of the Great Ramana Maharshi. Every book would keep close to your heart and cherish the words of truth and freedom. In these books, one can find the wisdom sufficient for all the lifetimes. Just those few words would give them the clarity they were looking for. The ashram visitors were cleared of their doubts in a few words. Whenever he spoke, it was about Truth or God. His disciples were the witness of his everlasting peace and experience true bliss in his presence. In fact, these books were not even written by him. Books by Ramana Maharshi are the greatest ever books on spirituality. This is the way for unshakeable shanti (peace). No more questions, doubts, or misgivings arise. You remain surrendered to the Self – everything else disappears. If you remain non-attached ( neither attached nor detached, for both are volitionary ), the body’s prarabdha will effortlessly carry it through whatever activities are meant for it in this life. Simply perpetually remain as you ARE, mind merged in its source so as to be indistinguishable from the Beingness of the Self, and do not bother about the question of whether the body ought to work or to idle away.

Make no effort either to work or to renounce work. Then no work can bind you it will all go on automatically. Enquire, “Who works?” Remember to ask yourself “Who am I?” every time such false notions of doership trouble you. Q.: Can meditation or vichara (Self- enquiry) be carried on in the midst of worldly activity?ī.: The feeling “I am working” is the hinderance. Only one freedom is permitted to man – and that is the freedom to perish in his own Immortal Self. You cannot avoid or accquire work for the body as you choose. If the body is destined to work you cannot alter such destiny, for the body will be forced to engage in it. If the body is destined to remain without working, work cannot be obtained even if you hunt for it. You cannot decide whether the body should work or remain idle. Q.: Am I to be idle all the time? Is engaging in gainful or productive employment a crime?ī.: The importance of Summa Iru is, “Keep your mind idle or asleep in the Beingness of the Self.” A s for the body, it has its own prarabdha (destiny that effects our life now) to attend to. Q.: How do I attain a Self- realised state for myself?ī.: Summa Iru. It was offered to the public in August 2021 on Amazon. This Manuscript was recorded 85 years ago in 1936. Aham Sphurana, Self Realisation A Journal of Previously Unpublished Conversations with Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
