Thus Spake Ramana

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If we look on the Self as the ego

then we become the ego.

if as the mind we become the mind,

if as the body we become the body.

It is the thought which builds up sheaths

in so many ways.

The shadow on the water

is found to be shaking.

Can anyone stop this shaking?

If it would cease to shake

you would not know the water

but only the light.

Similarly, take no notice of the ego

and its activities

but see only the light behind it.

The ego is the " I " thought.

The true " I " is the Self.

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

[recorded Jan 26th, 1936]