This is very close to what Ramana Maharshi called self-enquiry, turning attention back on the one who sees instead of on what is seen. The once-a-day limit is the part I'd defend hardest. In my own sitting, the days I pushed it became a performance of one
This is very close to what Ramana Maharshi called self-enquiry, turning attention back on the one who sees instead of on what is seen.
The once-a-day limit is the part I'd defend hardest. In my own sitting, the days I pushed it became a performance of oneness rather than the thing itself.
Experiment : To see truth.....
Caution - This experiment meant to be done by only those who actually have understood the three levels of knowledge. If you are doing without understanding three levels of knowledge then there is no fruit to do such experiment. You will simply fail.
Now let's jump up to this experiment. This is such a easiest way which I personally done myself to come from duality to non-dulaity.
Majority of times I said many times repeat the knowledge of oneness right? I will now explain what that actually means and that repeatition of knowledge of oneness isn't like to memories it but to actually live it.
Repeatition of knowledge of oneness -
Right now try to see that experincer is present where where.
First while reading, see does experiencer present or not? It means see if both the experiencer and that experience of reading present at same time or not.
Then do this very same seeing with others things time to time. Like when you are seeing through your eyes try to see if both what you are seeing with your eyes and the experiencer who is seeing that view of both are present same time or not.
Do this every possible thing you can focus on. Like on environment or body or on mental mind plane. See time to time does experience exsist without experincer or not.
In most simple and conclusion term - See in your experience does both experiences and experiencer are present or not. Does experience exsist without experincer or not.
This practical experience of knowledge of oneness with help of your intention to do such experiment you will come to live with oneness.
Try to not only experiment with it but also try to see that you actually living this way from the start of your birth and you will continue to live this way after your death.
This repeatition of knowledge of oneness will dissolve into oneness.
Dont over do it. You can do it only 1 time at a day. There is no need to push it. This is the only pratice I will give you. Except this you don't have to do anything. Try this experiment according to your capacity. Because anyways in end we are going to left this practice also.
Live with knowledge of oneness is the goal of this meditation or I will like to call it practice. Because once you got knowledge of oneness all there is left is to practice with it that's it.
Caution - if you are still doing this practice after like 10 to 20 years later then it means there is something wrong with your meditation or pratice. Because the goal is here to become one not the meditation itself. This is pratice not goal. The main goal is oneness.
I call it meditation of nothingness. Because it leads to nothingness.
Watch the watcher, ok
Only once a day 🙏
Oneness and nothingness pull in opposite directions here. One says everything is a single thing, the other says there's no thing at all, and the title picks the second.
The test as written can only come out one way. Every experience you could check is, by definition, one you're having, so the experiencer will always turn up present. A test that can't fail works as a reminder, which is fine, but calling it a way to see truth is doing a lot of work.
This is very close to what Ramana Maharshi called self-enquiry, turning attention back on the one who sees instead of on what is seen.
The once-a-day limit is the part I'd defend hardest. In my own sitting, the days I pushed it became a performance of oneness rather than the thing itself.
The caution near the end, that still doing this after ten or twenty years means something went wrong, reminds me of how most good tools are meant to be put down eventually. I bet a lot of readers will try the reading part first, since that is the one experiment anybody can do right here on the page :)
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Experiment : To see truth.....