Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Ramana Maharshi
The passage on Ramana Maharshi is an interesting one. Each “mini story” is different yet seems to convey a similar moral. That moral is to question oneself and look deeper such as with a liberated master, is the master truly liberated from misery? Also, the last story which speaks about grace towards God seems to speak of its redundancy which infers that God already knows that you are graceful since he is essentially in you and in everything. I enjoyed reading this because of the above examples and I feel that more people should pay attention to their inner self. Obviously, I feel that the ideas were philosophically moving especially since I do not come across such brilliant observations or introverted thoughts when reading a book like Harry Potter.
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I loved this reading and certainly agree that it was far more moving than Harry Potter, haha. The main point coming across was definitely that we need to get familiar with our inner selves. I am a firm believer that we have to know ourselves in order to really know other people and understand the world. I think it’s unfortunate how many people endlessly search for inner peace and wisdom from outside sources. A person would be surprised at what they may find if they looked inside themselves, which is why my favorite line in this reading is "The kingdom of heaven is within you."
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