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Friday, August 31, 2001 3:02 AM

[RamanaMaharshi] The ultimate truth is so simple

Q: Of what nature is the realisation of westerners who relate that

they have had flashes of cosmic consciousness?A : It came as a flash

and disappeared as such. That which has a beginning must also

end. Only when the ever-present consciousness is realised will

it be permanent. Consciousness is indeed always with us.

Everyone knows "I am". No one can deny his own being. The man in

deep sleep is not aware; while awake he seems to be aware. But it

is the same person. There is no change in the one who slept and

the one who is now awake. In deep sleep he was not aware of his

body and so there was no body-consciousness. Therefore the

difference lies in the emergence of body-consciousness and not in

any change in the real consciousness. The body and

body-consciousness arise together and sink together. All this

amounts to saying that there are no limitations in deep sleep,

whereas there are limitations in the waking state. These limitations

are the bondage. The feeling "The body is I" is the error. This false

sense of "I" must go. The real "I" is always there. It is here and

now. It never appears anew and disappears again. That which is must

also persist for ever. That appears anew will also be lost. Compare

deep sleep and waking. The body appears in one state but not in the

other. Therefore the body will be lost. The consciousness was

pre-existent and will survive the body. There is no one who does

not say "I am". The wrong knowledge of "I am the body" is the cause

of all the mischief. This wrong knowledge must go. That is

realisation. Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is

it new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. The ultimate

truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine

state. This is all that need be said.[Non-text portions of this

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