Cosmology deals with the immensity of the universe in time and space. In its wider sense, it is related to the evolution of both matter and consciousness. The human awareness in that direction helps us look beyond the ego-driven psychology in which the vast majority of human beings is caught. The conventional thought process builds a wall around each one giving the person an identity based on the physical and mental attributes. It is this identity that forms the basis for the ego. Unawareness of this mental process makes people develop strong attachment to nationality, religion, language and the like. The resulting emphasis on the ‘I’, ’Me’ and the ‘Mine’ destroys the fundamental harmony between human beings.A few people here and there, during their young and middle ages, understand the situation and step out of the above habitual neurology. They are the ones who can appreciate the help coming from sages like Ramana Maharishi. Such sages are those who, through self-awareness, have gone to the bottom of the neurosis and allowed the psychological explosion to take place in them. It brings about a ravishing change in them to the point that the dance of the ego can no longer take place in their brain. That is what is generally known as the Enlightened State in the eastern countries.
During his teenage, Ramana Maharishi went through a psychological death experience that is the culmination of self-awareness and the inward journey. It made his mind diffuse into the universal consciousness leading to the dissolution of all identification with the body and other aspects of the conventional neurology. Subsequent to such a cataclysm, the body undergoes change and settles down to a new rhythm. It is after such a change that the enlightened beings begin to relate to the common mass and give their spiritual message to the people. Ramana Mahrishi spoke to those who came to him in Tiruvannamalai for a period of about fifty years. The listeners, though not all, could understand his pointers and embark on an inward journey that strikes at the root of the habitual neurology. Now, about seventy years after the Maharishi has passed on, his messages still make an impact on those who have the ability to tune in.
The Primary Message
Ramana’s primary message was related to the inwardly directed attention through the question “Who am I ?”. People take the ‘I’ to be so granted that they do not see it as merely a thought created phantasmagoria. Ramana pushes the listeners to this point from different angles so that they can follow the inward path, each one in one’s own way. There is a non-verbal content to Ramana’s message. It is that which has the power to transform the mind and make it understand the deception created by the conventional thought process. However, initially the impact begins through the verbal message.
Those who feel drawn to the cleansing of the mind through self-awareness will find Ramana’s message an excellent catalyst in that process. The impact will soon begin to reflect in one’s peacefulness and in living with intensity and compassion towards all. A candid relationship with Divinity would result from it. Such a relationship would not be based on any utility value.
Related matters are covered in the book “In Quest of the Deeper Self” details of which can be found in the website http://spirituality.yolasite.com