The Meditative Way Of Life-Part III (Contd)

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The Self-experience and awareness of one's own state of natural happiness would be sporadic in the beginning and gradually increase with practice of inwardness. It is a tussle between one's habitual past experience of deriving pleasure from objects and the new experience of being aware of one's own inherent happiness. Gradually the inner pull wins. For it is ambrosial and nectarine. At last one's mind ceases to stray among objects and stays merged in the source, which according to Ramana is the divine current in each of us.

One's battle with the past as experience, and attachment born of it would be lost but for the continuous strength flowing from Ramana's guidance and strength giving compassion. It is a demanding assignment and one would often be ready to give it up. Ramana's grace, which is there all along the line, is bound to pull one through.

Thereafter all action is done holistically. There will be no carrying forward of pleasure memories from the action, for one is self-fulfilled. There is no need for the more. The cup of happiness is not only full, but is overflowing always. This is happiness not pleasure for; it is not one of the two sides of a coin like pleasure-pain, happiness and sorrow. The mind is ever at rest. At the same time whatever action needs to be done will be done flawlessly and perfectly as would be evident from Ramana's life itself. This undercurrent of consciousness would permeate all thought and action. One's way of life would become unhurried, reflective and harmonious. One would be harbinger of peace and infectious happiness, which he would radiate 'sun like' always.