Guest guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 - viorica weissman RamanaMaharshi Saturday, September 08, 2001 12:34 AM [RamanaMaharshi] What is Direct Knowledge ? What is Direct Knowledge ? "People assume that there is no Consciousness apart fromthe thoughts of the mind. Hence they think that sense-perceptionalone is direct-knowledge. But sense-objects are not self-manifest.Hence sence-perception is not direct knowledge.The Self is self-manifest , and hence knowledge of the Self is direct.But if people be asked ,"Is not the Self perceived directly , without any medium," they blink , because the pure "I" does not stand in front of them with a form."(Ramana Maharshi) from Maha Yoga by "Who"[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: RamanaMaharshi Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- Un: RamanaMaharshi- List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/RamanaMaharshi Your use of Groups is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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