Thus Spake Ramana

[Guest guest]

The universe is like a painting on a screen.

That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from.

The finality of the universe is God --

meditating on Him or on the seer, the Self;

there is a mental vibration " I " to which all are reduced.

Tracing the source of " I " ,

the primal " I " - " I " alone remains,

and it is inexpressible.

The seat of Realization is within

and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him.

That seat is bliss, and is the core of all beings;

hence it is called the Heart.

The only useful purpose of the present birth

is to turn within and realize it.

There is nothing else to do.

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

[recorded June 30th, 1936]