3. Instructions for Using the Mantra & The Circus and the Meadow

Excerpts from the Using the Mantra message: - "The quieting of the mind is essential to awakening (or to realization of Self). This is because thinking acts as a blanket that covers Self and hides it completely from view." - "You are not taking a break from thoughts when you say the mantra, and then quickly returning to the world. You are using the mantra to let go of thoughts because they have no real importance. You are releasing your attachment to illusion and returning the mind to the Heart, which is peace and stillness and willingness to listen only to me." The mantra is "I am that I am." Excerpts from The Circus and the Meadow message: - "...we are turning our attention from the ups and downs and spins and tumbles of the mind to the everlasting tranquility of the meadows. (And there is much happening in the meadows too! But it is real, which is much different than the circus.)" - "True stillness cannot be achieved by quieting the mind through meditative practices for part of the day and then being wrapped up in the stories of the mind the rest of the day. … You will never be free through partial abidance. Only total abidance can be totally freeing." - "Surrender is a means of living within the world while releasing your attachment to the circus." Assignment for week 3: Continue practicing surrender and add the mantra (I am that I am) to your practice. This podcast features recordings from a study group led by Regina Dawn Akers in Pueblo, Colorado, in 2016. They have been lightly edited. The group was studying the messages published in the book "The Teachings of Inner Ramana". Learn more about that book here: ⁠⁠https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/other-resources/teachings-inner-ramana/ Musical ident: Helen Allmark #surrender #RamanaMaharshi #nondualism #IamthatIAm #awakening #InnerRamana #ReginaDawnAkers