Who am I?

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[The Great Sage of Arunachala, once gave the following instruction.

It says more in just a few words than anything else I know of.

I will not have access to my computer for the next couple of weeks

but hope to resume my daily quotes soon. In the mean time, I think

the following is so good and complete; its worth rereading every day]

 

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" Distracted as we are by various thoughts,

if we would continually contemplate the Self,

which is itself God;

this single thought would in due course eliminate all

distraction and would itself ultimately vanish.

 

The pure consciousness that alone finally remains

is God.

This is liberation.

 

To be consciously centered on one's own all-perfect

pure Self, is the acme of yoga, wisdom, and

all other forms of spiritual practice.

 

Even though the mind wanders restlessly,

involved in external matters, and so is forgetful

of its own Self, one should remain alert and remember,

'the body is not I.'

 

'Who am I?'

Inquire in this way turning the mind backward

to its primal state. The inquiry 'who am I?'

is the only method of putting an end to all

misery, and ushering in Supreme Beatitude.

 

Whatever may be said, and however phrased,

this is the whole truth in a nutshell. "

 

--Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi--