What is reality ?

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Question : What is reality ?Answer : Reality must be always real.

It is not with forms and names. That which underlines these is

reality. It underlines limitations, being itself limitless. It is

not bound. It underlines unrealities, itself being real. Reality is

that which is. It is as it is. It transcends speech. It is beyond

the expressions 'existence, non-existence',etc. The reality

which is the mere consciousness that remains when ignorance is

destroyed along with knowledge of objects , alone is the Self

(atma). In that Brahma-swarupa(real form of Brahman), which is

abundant self-awareness,there is not the least ignorance. The

reality which shines fully ,without misery and without a body, not

only when the world is known but also when the world is not known

,is your real form(nija-swarupa). The radiance of

consciousness-bliss, in the form of one awareness shining equally

within and without, is the supreme and primal reality. Its form is

silence and it is declared by jnanis to be the final and

unobstructable state of true knowledge(jnana). Know that jnana

alone is non-attachment; jnana alone is purity; jnana is the

attainment of God; jnana which is devoid of forgetfulness of Self

alone is immortality; jnana alone is everything.

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YOU ARE, The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi Edited by David Godman

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