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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
The ignorance is identical with the ‘I-thought’. Find its source and
it will vanish.
The ‘I-thought’ is like a spirit which, although not palpable, rises
up simultaneously with the body, flourishes and disappears with
it. The body-consciousness is the wrong ‘I’. Give up this bodyconsciousness.
It is done by seeking the source ‘I’. The body does
not say ‘I am’. It is you who say, ‘I am the body!’ Find out who
this ‘I’ is. Seeking its source it will vanish.
D.: Then, will there be bliss?
M.: Bliss is coeval with Being-Consciousness. All the arguments
relating to the eternal Being of that Bliss apply to Bliss also. Your
nature is Bliss. Ignorance is now hiding that Bliss. Remove the
ignorance for Bliss to be freed.
D.: Should we not find out the ultimate reality of the world, individual
and God?
M.: These are all conceptions of the ‘I’. They arise only after the advent
of the ‘I-thought’. Did you think of them in your deep sleep? You
existed in deep sleep and the same you are now speaking. If they be
real should they not be in your sleep also? They are only dependent
upon the ‘I-thought’. Again does the world tell you ‘I am the world’?
Does the body say ‘I am body’? You say, “This is the world”, “this is
body” and so on. So these are only your conceptions. Find out who
you are and there will be an end of all your doubts.
D.: What becomes of the body after realisation? Does it exist or not?
We see realised beings acting like others.
M.: This question need not arise now. Let it be asked after realisation, if
need be. As for the realised beings let them take care of themselves.
Why do you worry about them?
In fact, after realisation the body and all else will not appear
different from the Self.
D.: Being always Being-Consciousness-Bliss, why does God place
us in difficulties? Why did He create us?
M.: Does God come and tell you that He has placed you in difficulties?
It is you who say so. It is again the wrong ‘I’. If that disappears
there will be no one to say that God created this or that.
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