Gita
The Song of God
by Kosi
“The song of yoga is the silence of your heart.”
The word Gita means song or hymn. The ancient teachings of India are composed of ancient songs (mantras) that sing the song of God—the secret yogic wisdom that reveals the way of enlightenment or the path of moksha—the end of eons of suffering. The songs contained in ancient scripture are actually a secret language infused with a potent energy that unveils the gateway of eternal freedom within you. It is a potent power that opens your heart to the great mystery of eternal salvation. The Ramana Gita is the song of Arunachala Siva—the form and formlessness of the silent song of Ramana—that which resides in the heart of all beings. It is an ocean of wisdom—a vast indescribable purifying energy that reveals the essential yoga that removes conscious and unconscious tendencies that hide your true nature. Few would argue that the Ramana Gita represents the quintessential teaching, energy, and presence of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, but what secret wisdom does it contain? How can it help you make real progress?
The Ramana Gita is both a song and conversation that unfolded at the turn of the century between Ramana and Ganapati Muni as well as a few other advanced students that were burning with the deep unwavering desire for moksha. This intimate meeting reveals the yogic teachings and practices with the intrinsic power to unlock the great mystery of eternal life. You could say it is the most succinct and practical guide for those serious about liberation from the karmic wheel of suffering that unveils the secrets of Mantra Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga, and Bhakti Yoga[1]—the yogic practices essential for removing the stubborn unconscious tendencies that hide your true nature.
The potent teaching contained within The Ramana Gita pulls the rug out from underneath the common western idea that moksha is instant and effortless—revealing the intense yoga essential for making any significant progress. In the very first chapter of the Ramana Gita Ramana Maharshi illuminates, “The seeker of knowledge does not achieve his end merely by a study of scripture. Without upāsanā there cannot be attainment; this is definite. Experiencing the natural state, during spiritual practice is called upāsanā and when that becomes firm and permanent that itself is call jnana” [2] This emphatic assertion by Ramana reveals the effort of sadhana is essential for real progress.
The purpose of all yogic practice is permanent realization based on not just what you have read and understood or your intellectual understanding, but rather your own direct experience of the stateless state of Turiya and beyond. This is the nature of the Sanatana Dharma of Ramana Maharshi known as the eternal natural way free of time and space. This ancient dharma is comprised of the law, essence, and nature. This unseen law of Ramana is deeply rooted your own direct experience, the essence is silence, and the nature is moksha—the ultimate state of total liberation—based solely on your own permanent realization beyond intellectual understanding.
Ramana describes the three distinct yogic paths that lead to moksha are in actuality one path: the first is margana, quest; the second majjana, diving in; and the third prana-rodha, control of your breath.[3] This is the primary reason why Ramana’s teaching is so potent—it requires that you dive deep into yourself, inquire, and develop the yogic power that breathes life into the lungs of the sacred fire that burns away the unconscious tendencies or vasanas as well as your mind and ego with the life-giving food of prana (breath). Now remember the Ramana Gita is a conversation, but it is also a song (Gita). It fundamentally is the song of God that unveils the yogic practices essential for moksha.
The potent power of any song is an energy that transcends the power of mind to encapsulate the words into a limited or simplistic or superficial understanding. The Ramana Gita is a song that transmits the secret power and wisdom of the entire Vedas. It is actually impossible to encapsulate the supernatural energy contained in the Ramana Gita with mere words. What is relayed to you here can best be described as a single note of this epic symphony of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi—the secret sound of this life-changing song—a road map to true and lasting realization left behind for all of us by Ganapati Muni.
Perhaps one of the most significant yogic practices this sacred text reveals is the meditation practice known as pranava. This practice uses the potent sounds of the seed letters of the primordial sound of om (a-u-m). The potent energy contained within these seed letters are electromagnetic laser beams of an invisible silent light vibration that correlates directly to the primary states of consciousness as well as the gross, subtle, causal bodies of your physical body that naturally direct your attention inward to the source of all sound—the living eternal presence alive in your heart.
This practice combines all three of the paths recommended by Ramana—the quest (inquiry), the deep dive into your heart, and breath control or prana. Even the name of this practice emphasizes the importance of breath during the yogic evolution that eventually purifies the mind leaving only the absolute truth or the direct and permanent realization of the Self—the Turiya state and beyond—Turiyatita.
All states of consciousness that move through your body and mind are the play of consciousness that distracts you from the indescribable peace alive in your heart. The purification process of yogic practice is essential to remove both conscious and unconscious layers of consciousness that hide your natural state from your conscious awareness.
The song of yoga is the silence of your heart. It is a vibration of light and invisible electromagnetic energy with the power to re-wire the synapses in your brain. This purification process outlined in the Ramana Gita is describes the yogic practices that support the evolutionary process of moksha.
Moksha is always here and now in the absolute sense, but in the relative sense your own direct and permanent realization is dependent on actual yogic practice—not as an intellectual exercise, but rather as the actual physical yogic practices of self-inquiry, meditation, and singing the mantra.
The teaching of Ramana is clear—you actually have to do the practices in order to see through the doer entirely. Moksha is not possible without the sacred fire the Gita represents—the supernatural yogic power of your commitment, surrender, and participation.
This is not instant—it is an evolutionary process.
Moksha is earned not given.
Tat Sat
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