This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.“ — Ramana Maharshi
True nature of
I is unbound wholeness in its perfection is open and receptive to all that
passes through. Subject and object arise together against the background of
boundless awareness. But awareness is overlooked, as the focus is on that which
is arising, thoughts, feelings perceptions etc. I am angry, this thought arises
mutually with awareness, obviously only then it can be known. However, -I am
angry, if this grabs attention then, it creates separation of a limited self
from the whole and awareness is veiled or obscured. Thought then proliferates
into other thoughts, emotions and bodily action. The fallacy of I residing
behind the eyes interacting with my world is due to subject object split caused
by intervention of thought. This conventional way of living from grasping of
false identification as I, and attachment with the illusory world is the cause
of misery and suffering.
In the gap between the Subject and the Object lies the
entire misery of humankind ~
Thought
activity happens in the indivisible whole of aware presence and eventually
dissolves in awareness, it is a temporary modulation of awareness and witnessed
by itself. But the subject object duality is caused by hindrance from thought.
This erroneous subject object play happening automatically generates an
imaginary subject within, who knows objects outside. Default living in busy
noisy minds thinking, reacting, judging, evaluating, concretizes the sense of
I, me, myself.
Mirror is
merely a surface which reflects but itself can own nothing. Similarly,
experiences are passing reflections cannot be owned. Subject object of
perception, are insubstantial appearances spontaneously co-arise with awareness
from unconsciously by habitual thought activity, but they cannot exist
independent of awareness. There is only act or process of happening, perceiving
or more accurately process of awareness.
This clarifies
the selfless nature of objects and true nature of subject, illusion of a
separate self or person with body and mind. I am angry is only a thought, it is
inconsequential when it is unattended and let go. There is no person to claim
ownership for anything arising. There are no obscuring or veiling by subject
object as these are also passing phenomenon in awareness. The whole play is of aware presence
complicated by habitual egoic identification which is nothing but a display of
awareness as it forks itself into various parts and merges back into the
source. As a beam of white light is spilt into band of
different colors by a prism. What I am is neither the
observer nor observed but I am is the aliveness, a function of unceasing
observing of aware presence. As subject object dissolve the natural self
becomes obvious.
The seer and the seen together constitute the mind. See
if there is such a thing as the mind. Then, the mind merges in the Self, and
there is neither the seer nor the seen. – Sri Ramana
🙏 May all be freed from suffering and may their true nature awaken.
Thank you! 🙏