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What is surging joy? Something that wells up limitlessly, spontaneously from within. Can we think of this flood tide of happiness as being outside of ourselves? As something we can catch hold of, find or purchase? It is not possible because it is our natural state, our very being, says Sri Ramana. We have merely forgotten, moved away from the exhilaration of that natural bliss. Why? Because of the constant externalisatin of the mind. To counter this, to turn the mind inward, Sri Ramana gives the infallible weapon of self-enquiry. Through this attention is focused once more on the source, on the perennial spring of joy. Then that takes over. The inundation of bliss ‘Swallows’ one entirely, says Ramana. In this book DR. Sarada explores the technique of Self-Enquiry and its practical implications. She is the editor of the monthly, “The Ramana Way’. Her writing is marked by an intuitive understanding of Ramana’s teaching and a sure touch in her capacity to communicate it with clarity. She has presented several papers on the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and regularly gives talks and conducts workshops on his works. Here she highlights Sri Ramana’s unique approach to other methods as well. The various traditional paths to Self-Knowledge also find new meaning in Ramana’s teaching.