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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Look, the Self is only Be-ing, not being this or that. It is simple
Being. Be - and there is an end of the ignorance. Enquire for whom
is the ignorance. The ego arises when you wake up from sleep. In
deep sleep you do not say that you are sleeping and that you are
going to wake up or that you have been sleeping so long. But still
you are there. Only when you are awake you say that you have
slept. Your wakefulness comprises sleep also in it. Realise your
pure Be-ing. Let there be no confusion with the body. The body
is the result of thoughts. The thoughts will play as usual, but you
will not be affected. You were not concerned with the body when
asleep; so you can always remain.
Mr. Ekanatha Rao: How can anyone reconcile such activity with the
wage-earning which is a necessity for worldly people?
M.: Actions form no bondage. Bondage is only the false notion. “I
am the doer.” Leave off such thoughts and let the body and senses
play their role, unimpeded by your interference.
20th April, 1935
Talk 47.
A Malayalee visitor expressed his concern for the misery of the
world and his opinion that ‘Quest for Self’ looked selfish in the
midst of such suffering environments. His solution appeared to
be selfless work.
M.: The sea is not aware of its wave. Similarly the Self is not aware
of its ego.
Note: This makes clear what Sri Bhagavan means by quest for the
source of ego.
Talk 48.
A visitor asked Sri Bhagavan, “You are Bhagavan. So you would
know when I shall get jnana. Tell me when I shall be a Jnani.” Sri
Bhagavan replied, “If I am Bhagavan there is no one besides the
Self - therefore no Jnani or ajnani. If otherwise I am as good as
you are and know as much as yourself. Either way I cannot answer
your question.”
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