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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
D.: A group of seers see the same.
M.: Because there is only one seer behind all, and there is diversity
of phenomena. Do you perceive diversity in deep sleep?
D.: We see Abraham Lincoln who died long ago.
M.: Is there the object without the seer? The experiences may be real.
The objects are only according to the seer.
D.: An assistant of mine was killed in the war. A photo was taken
of another group nine years after his death. His picture appears in
the photo. How is it?
M.: Possibly thoughts have materialised ... Go to the root of it.
D.: How?
M.: If the way is external, directions are possible, but it lies within. Seek
within. The Self is always realised. Something not already realised
might be sought afresh. But the Self is within your experience.
D.: Yes. I realise myself.
M.: Myself. Are there two - my and self?
D.: I do not mean it.
M.: Who is it that has or has not realised?
D.: There is only one Self.
M.: The question can arise only if there be two. Abandon the wrong
identification of the Self with the non-self.
D.: I mean the higher stage of consciousness.
M.: There are no stages.
D.: Why does not a man get illumination instantly.
M.: The man is illumination itself. He is illumining
D.: Is your teaching different from that of others?
M.: The path is one and the realisation is only one.
D.: But people speak of so many methods.
M.: Depending on their own state of mentality.
D.: What is yoga?
M.: Yoga (union) is for one in viyoga (separation). But there is only
one. If you realise the Self there will be no difference.
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