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NamoRamana ; MillionPaths

Friday, May 31, 2002 4:50 AM

[MillionPaths] Maharshi-Liberation

Is not the sense of "I" natural to all beings , expressed in all their

feelings as "I came" , "I went" ,"I did " or "I was" ? On questioning

what this is , we find that the body is identified with "I" , because

movements and similar functions pertain to the body. Can the body then

be this "I-consciousness" ? It was not there before birth , it is

composed of the five elements , it is absent in sleep , and it [

eventually ] becomes a corpse. No , it cannot be.

This sense of "I" , which arises in the body for the time being ,is

otherwise called the ego, ignorance ,illusion , impurity ,or

individual sense. The purpose of all the scriptures is this enquiry [

into the Self ]. It is declared in them that the annihilation of the

ego-sense is Liberation.

How then can one remain indifferent to this teaching ?

Can the body , which is insentient as a piece of wood , shine and

function as "I" ? No. Therefore , lay aside this insentient body as

though it were truely a corpse. Do not even murmur "I" , but enquire

keenly within what it is that now shines within the Heart as "I" .

Underlying the inceasing flow of varied thoughts , there arises the

continuous , unbroken awareness , silent and spontaneous,as "I-I" in

the Heart. If one catches hold of it and remains still, it will

completely annihilate the sense of "I" in the body and will itself

dissapear as a fire of burning camphor.

Sages and scriptures proclaim this to be Liberation.

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The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi Edited by Arthur Osborne

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