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[RamanaMaharshi] Some More Sayings of the Sage - 1

How are the conflicting views of men of different religions to be

reconciled ?(Ramana Maharshi:)The real aim of all religions is to

lead up to the awakening to the Truth of the Self. But the Truth of

the Self is too simple for the generality of men ; even though there

is no one who is not aware of the Self , men do not care to be told

of It ; they think the Self to be of little worth; they want to hear

of far-off things - heaven, hell , reincarnation and so on ; they

love mystery , and not the plain truth ; and the religions humour

them , so that ultimatelythey may come back to the Self. But why not

seek and find and abide in the Self at once , without further

wandering ? The heavens cannot be apart from him that sees or thinks

of them: their reality is of the same degree as that of the ego that

wants to go there; hence they do not exist apart from the Self ,which

is the real heaven.

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MAHA YOGA or The Upanishadic Lore published by :

T.N. Venkataraman Sri Ramanasramam , 1973 from chapter

: Some More Sayings of the Sage

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