Thus Spake Ramana

[Guest guest]

Whatever state one is in,

perceptions partake of that state.

The explanation is that in the waking state

the gross body perceives gross forms

and names;

in the dream state the mental body

perceives mental creations

in all their manifold forms and names;

in deep dreamless sleep,

identification with the body being lost,

there are no perceptions;

similarly in the transcendental state,

identity with Brahman places man in harmony

with everything,

and there is nothing apart from his Self.

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

[recorded May 15th, 1935]