The ego—mental chatter—is sometimes called “the imposter,” because it acts as if it is you when it is not you. Today’s reading says:
Right now, it is as if two “I”s live within you. … One “I” is the false thought, the false idea of who you are. The other “I” is best described now as your true Heart.
If you contemplate this deeply, you will find it disconcerting. There is a voice telling you what to think, feel, believe and do, and that voice isn’t you.
Where does the voice come from?
It comes from consciousness, from the loop of believing attention, but it is manufactured thought. It is manufactured through delusion and fed into your mind. When you believe it is you, and you think, feel and act as if it is you, you are literally a puppet of unreality.
Unfortunately, this is the state of almost all humans in the world today, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Devoted discipline is the answer. We could also call it disciplined devotion, since devotion has been defined as living from within—living from intuition, silence and awareness, instead of living from belief in mental chatter.
Thoughts of Awakening # 313
Stillness speaks.
The thinking mind does not.
The thinking mind chatters,
but chatter does not speak.
Speaking is clear
and beyond words.
Speaking is the guidance of wisdom.
Listen to speaking,
and do not worry if you cannot
explain yourself to others.
Do not worry what they think.
Follow speaking in trust,
and you follow the path of wisdom.
From our Holy Spirit
Homework for this week
- Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
- Practice the “Loving All” Method.
- Thoughts of Awakening, 309-315
- Read the following messages from The Teaching of Inner Ramana: Clarity on Practice, How to Awaken from the Dream, How to Awaken from the Dream Part Two, s/Self-Inquiry, The Love of Discipline, Truth Made Manifest, Extinguishment of “I” Thought.
