Maharaj on Self-enquiry
"If you trust me, believe when I tell you that you are the pure awareness that illumines consciousness and its infinite content. Realise this and live accordingly.
If you do not believe me, then go within, enquiring ‘What am I?’ or, focus your mind on ‘I am’, which is pure and simple being."
What is beautiful about the story of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj is his faith in his guru, which lead him to follow his guru’s instruction without question.
Contrasting this are teachers such as J Krishnamurthy who ask us not to believe anything. To start with an unconditioned mind. Which makes sense too. But how do you get that unconditioned mind? JK speaks of meditation, but as yet (I have read half of The Awakening of Intelligence), he hasn’t yet explained his form of meditation. JK talks about this and that, good and evil, the problems of the world, religion, you name it … IMO well suited for intellectuals.
Ramana Maharshi did not spend his life talking about good and evil, and other philosophical topics. Bhagavan Ramana always pointed us back to the "I", the direct path. Ramana’s advice was for each person who came, not restricted to the privileged class.
