The Teachings of Inner Ramana

Apr 27 2024 30 ep. 20 mins 4

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Indian sage Sri Ramana Maharshi seemed to die in 1950 but in 2009, after Regina Dawn Akers prayed for something to take her to the next step on her spiritual path, she started hearing messages from him as her inner teacher. The book "The Teachings of Inner Ramana" is the result. It teaches three tools – surrender, mantra and self-inquiry – which work together to help break the addiction to the chattering mind. This podcast uses edited audios from a group Regina led in the study of the book in 2016 as well as videos from 2011.

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30. First notice the false "I" then stop listening to its chatter

Apr 27 2024 9 mins

"It's time to go beyond everything you've learned. Everything you've learned has been helpful. It's been helpful toward willingness to take this next step. But without the step that we are taking together now, all that you've learned serves no real purpose toward awakening." - excerpt from the "Looking at the False 'I' Thought" messag

29. What to do with resistance

Apr 26 2024 9 mins

"Understand that all resistance comes from your willingness to listen to resistance before. It is an echo from the past that is being picked up and heard now. To listen to it again is like shouting into a cave again. The echo will only return." - excerpt from The Circus and the Meadow message in the book, The Teachings of Inner Ramana. This episode was part 12 in a series

28. More on "The Circus and the Meadow"

Apr 25 2024 9 mins

"When the mind is not occupied in the silence of the mantra, let it be used for the purpose of surrender. This way the mind is always used purposefully, and one's toes will wiggle and curl delightfully as they feel the coolness of the meadow's ground beneath them." - excerpt from "The Circus and the Meadow" This episode is from a series of video teaching

27. Surrender is a means of living in the world while releasing your attachment to the circus

Apr 22 2024 9 mins

Regina continues to teach from the "The Circus and the Meadow" message. "The body remains, as do the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. In this way, interaction with the world is non-avoidable as long as the image of the world remains in the mind. Attachment to the world continues to build the image of the world and all of the false concepts its repres

26. The Circus and the Meadow

Apr 18 2024 9 mins

Regina shares from the message "The Circus and the Meadow" in her book The Teachings of Inner Ramana. This is how that message starts: "The mind is very active. If you watch it you will see it is much like acrobats in a circus. It is always jumping this way and that, bending and turning, and it has some very amazing moves. But it is a circus. It is not at all represe

25. Instructions for using the mantra, "I am that I am."

Apr 14 2024 9 mins

One of the tools that Inner Ramana provides to help us break our addiction to listening to and believing the mind is the mantra. Here, Regina looks at the message called "Instructions for Using the Mantra" Please note that this episode is from a series of video teachings by Regina on her book ⁠⁠⁠⁠"Teachings of Inner Ramana⁠⁠⁠⁠" that were original

24. There are two ways to surrender

Apr 12 2024 8 mins

Regina continues to teach from the message, "The Purpose of Surrender, Part Two." "To help people with world-focused thoughts by providing world-focused solutions is assisting one to dream. Therefore, the Awakened One, who has accepted the role of continuing the awakening, will not assist in world-focused concerns by providing world-focused answers. The Awakened One

23. Discard thoughts about the world, instead take cues from within

Apr 09 2024 9 mins

Regina continues teaching from the message "The Purpose of Surrender, Part Two" in her book "The Teachings of Inner Ramana." Here is an excerpt from that message: "One who is awakening to truth is also discarding the world, which includes discarding his thoughts about the world, so this one is learning to take all of his cues from within . . . from beyond t

22. The only answer to fear is to remember reality as true

Apr 06 2024 6 mins

Regina shares on "The Purpose of Surrender, Part Two" message, which teaches that the only answer to fear is to let go of what is false and to remember reality as true. Please note that this episode is from a series of video teachings by Regina on her book, ⁠⁠⁠"Teachings of Inner Ramana⁠⁠⁠" that were originally uploaded in 2011. Despite their age and

21. Questions to help break dependency on mind

Mar 31 2024 7 mins

"What am I to do now?", "How am I to see this?", "How shall I listen?", "How shall I be now?", "What am I to hear?", "What would you have me know?", "What is my perspective as given by you?", "How shall I respond?", "What shall I think?", "What would you have me see in me that I am not se