Thus Spake Ramana

[Guest guest]

" What are you? You are not the body.

You are pure Consciousness.

Daily life and the world are only

phenomena appearing on that pure

Consciousness. It remains unaffected.

What prevents you from being your

own Self?

The Self is always there. It is you.

There is nothing but you. Nothing

can be apart from you.

The birth of the ego is called the

birth of the person. There is no

other kind of birth. Whatever is born

is bound to die. Kill the ego; there is

no fear of recurring death for what

is already dead.

The Self remains even after the death

of the ego.

That is Bliss--that is Immortality. "

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

 

-recorded, Sept 29, 1936-