francis Lucillle on Meditation

Don’t reject the body sensations and emotions that present
themselves to you. Let them blossom fully in your awareness without
any goal or any interference from the will. Progressively, the potential
energy imprisoned in muscular tensions liberates itself; the
dynamism of the psychosomatic structure exhausts itself; and the
return to fundamental stability takes place. This purification of body
sensation is a great art. It requires patience, determination, and
courage. It finds its expression at the level of sensation through a
gradual expansion of the body into the surrounding space, and a
simultaneous penetration of the somatic structure by that space. That
space is not experienced as a simple absence of objects. When the
attention frees itself from perceptions that hold it in thrall, it
discovers itself as that self-luminous space which is the true substance
of the body. At this moment, the duality between body and space is
abolished. The body is expanded to the size of the universe and
contains all things tangible and intangible in its heart. Nothing is
external to it. We all have this body of joy, this awakened body, this
body of universal welcoming. We are all complete, with no missing
parts. Just explore your kingdom and take possession of it knowingly.
Do not live any longer in that wretched shack of a limited body.

Happiness is inside you

# Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. Ramana Maharshi
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Ramana on silent teaching

Teaching in Words and Silence - Sri Ranama Maharshi

On a Shivaratri day, after dinner, Bhagavan was reclining on the sofa surrounded by many devotees. A Sadhu suggested that, since this was a most auspicious night, the meaning of the verse in praise of Dakshinamurti should be made clear. Bhagavan gave his approval and all were eagerly waiting for him to say something. He simply sat, gazing at us. We were gradually absorbed in ever deepening silence, which was not disturbed by the clock striking the hour, every hour, until 4 a.m. None moved or talked. Time and space ceased to exist. Bhagavan’s grace kept us at peace and silence for seven hours. In this silence, Bhagavan taught us the Ultimate, like Dakshinamurti. At the stroke of four Bhagavan asked us whether we had understood the meaning of the silent teaching. Like waves on the infinite ocean of bliss, we fell at Bhagavan’s feet.

T. K. Sundaresa Iyer
Ramana Smrti Souvenir