Blogs Posts on "Self-consciousness"

Japa of ‘I am’ as an aid to self-attentiveness by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Oct 29, 2009After I wrote my previous article, ‘Holy indifference’ and the love to be self-attentive, a series of interesting comments have been posted on it discussing the use of japa (repetition) as an aid to the practice of self-attentiveness. In the most...

Sunlight by Stuck Indoors on Oct 8, 2009Usually, when the sun comes out, people enjoy going outside more often, and generally have a happier persona than say they would on a miserable, dull day. I, however, am the opposite. When I go out in the sunlight, I feel like all of the facial imper...

Self-Consciousness by Stuck Indoors on Oct 6, 2009I've always been self-conscious; even from a young age. I feel like a spotlight is being held above my head when I walk outdoors, and that everyone around me is constantly staring at me, and saying unpleasant things about me. I can't stand it. I feel...

Performing Open-Heart Surgery on Myself by brokenwhole - Hollywood Bipolar Circuit Boy on Sep 10, 2009It occurred to me yesterday (and not for the first time), that I'm somewhat like Mr. Spock. Ironic. I used to go to sleep as a child and hope upon hope that I'd wake up and find I was Mr. Spock. Fascinating.Along the route through childhood, I learne...

Thinking, free will and self-attentiveness by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Aug 16, 2009The following is a reply that I recently wrote to a friend:Regarding your final sentence, ‘We are only given the thoughts that we are allowed to have, and we can only act from the thoughts we are given’, who gives us the thoughts that we are allo...

Self-attentiveness is nirvikalpa – devoid of all differences or variation by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 27, 2009A friend recently wrote to me suggesting:... Indeed Nan Yar? contains everything we need to know and I would be very grateful if you would do translation for mumukshu, giving roman transliteration of every word according to the dictionary (minimum tw...

‘Just sitting’ (shikantaza) and ‘choiceless awareness’ by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 11, 2009A friend recently wrote to me as follows:I have been reading chapter 9 (Self-Investigation) of your book Happiness and the Art of Being.What you describe regarding the practice of atma-vichara as advocated by Ramana Maharishi, I interpret as being ve...

Svarupa-dhyana and svarupa-darsana by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 8, 2009A friend recently wrote to me asking:Does svarupa-dhyana, atma-chintana and atma-smarana mean focusing attention on the first thought ‘I am’, consciousness of being? I mean, is it concentration on being, staying without thoughts but still aware o...

Sadhanai Saram – an introduction by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 27, 2009As I had intimated in several of my recent articles, today I have uploaded the following four new e-books to the Books section of my website:An e-book copy of the English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam...

Sadhanai Saram – The Essence of Spiritual Practice (sadhana) by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 27, 2009As I had intimated in several of my recent articles, today I have uploaded the following four new e-books to the Books section of my website:An e-book copy of the English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam...