Gentle Healing 2 ~ Day 299 – The Circus and the Meadow

Today’s message speaks directly to your desire to awaken. Likely, somewhere deep inside, you already know everything today’s message has to teach, although the mind does not think about this knowledge. The mind’s thinking distracts us from the wisdom that is clear through today’s message.

Today, we are told that our primary interest now is to lose interest in the mind. That is to lose interest in mental chatter. Just as the only way to stop smoking is to stop smoking, the only way to stop listening to mental chatter is to stop listening to mental chatter. As today’s message points out, we can’t be free by quieting the mind for a little bit each day if we engage in mental chatter the rest of the day, just as you can’t quit smoking by not smoking from 7am-10am while still smoking the rest of the day.

In today’s message, Inner Ramana says:

I ask you to be my student.

If your heart says, “Yes,” to this invitation, read today’s message very carefully. Notice how much you love its instruction. Read it lovingly two or three times! And then give your best effort to practicing the mantra and surrender today.