Thus Spake Ramana

[Guest guest]

One must realize that he is not the doer,

but that he is only the tool of some Higher Power.

Let that Higher Power do what is inevitable

and let me act only in accordance with its dictates.

The actions are not mine;

therefore, their results cannot be mine either.

If one thinks and acts so,

where is the trouble?

 

In the same way that sleep overtakes you,

wakefulness also overtakes you.

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

[recorded July 4th, 1935]