Post by Reefs on Jan 26, 2013 1:17:09 GMT -8
Here's a link to a searchable pdf "Talks with Shri Ramana Maharshi"
The Self is ever there, there is nothing without it. Be the Self and the desires and doubts will disappear. Such Self is the witness in sleep, dream and waking states of existence. These states belong to the ego. The Self transcends even the ego. You cannot deny yourself at any time. The Self is ever there and continues in all states. There is no inside or outside for the Self. They are also projections of the ego. The Self is pure and absolute. The Self transcends the intellect — the latter must itself vanish to reach the Self. The world, the trees, plants, etc., in reality, all these are nothing but the Self. If you see the Self, the same will be found to be all, everywhere and always. Nothing but the Self exists. The Self alone is.
Again the pleasures and pains, births and deaths, are like undulations on the surface of seeming water in the mirage of the ego. The only reality is the Self from where the ego appears, and runs through thoughts which manifest themselves as the universe and in which the mothers and fathers, friends and relatives appear and disappear. They are nothing but manifestations of the Self. For a realized being the Self alone is the Reality, and actions are only phenomenal, not affecting the Self.
A man can realize the Self, because that is here and now. If it were not so, but attainable by some efforts at some other time, and if it were new and something to be acquired, it would not be worthy of pursuit. Because what is not natural cannot be permanent either. But what I say is that the Self is here and now and alone. Realization of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forests only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations. The Self alone is the Reality; the world and the rest of it are not. The realized being does not see the world as different from himself. There are no others to mix with. The Self is the one and only Reality. What matters is only that which is natural. Such must be eternal and cannot be experienced. That which is born must die; that which is acquired must be lost. Were you born? You are ever existent. The Self can never be lost.
The Self is ever there, there is nothing without it. Be the Self and the desires and doubts will disappear. Such Self is the witness in sleep, dream and waking states of existence. These states belong to the ego. The Self transcends even the ego. You cannot deny yourself at any time. The Self is ever there and continues in all states. There is no inside or outside for the Self. They are also projections of the ego. The Self is pure and absolute. The Self transcends the intellect — the latter must itself vanish to reach the Self. The world, the trees, plants, etc., in reality, all these are nothing but the Self. If you see the Self, the same will be found to be all, everywhere and always. Nothing but the Self exists. The Self alone is.
Again the pleasures and pains, births and deaths, are like undulations on the surface of seeming water in the mirage of the ego. The only reality is the Self from where the ego appears, and runs through thoughts which manifest themselves as the universe and in which the mothers and fathers, friends and relatives appear and disappear. They are nothing but manifestations of the Self. For a realized being the Self alone is the Reality, and actions are only phenomenal, not affecting the Self.
A man can realize the Self, because that is here and now. If it were not so, but attainable by some efforts at some other time, and if it were new and something to be acquired, it would not be worthy of pursuit. Because what is not natural cannot be permanent either. But what I say is that the Self is here and now and alone. Realization of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forests only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations. The Self alone is the Reality; the world and the rest of it are not. The realized being does not see the world as different from himself. There are no others to mix with. The Self is the one and only Reality. What matters is only that which is natural. Such must be eternal and cannot be experienced. That which is born must die; that which is acquired must be lost. Were you born? You are ever existent. The Self can never be lost.
