Thus Spake Ramana

[Guest guest]

" The birth of the 'I' thought is one's own birth;

its death is the person's death. After the 'I'

thought has arisen, the wrong identity with

the body arises. Thinking yourself the body,

you give false values to others and identify

them with bodies. Just as your body has been

born, grows, and will perish, so also you think

the other was born, grew up and died.

If you cease to identify yourself with the body,

but see the real Self, this confusion will vanish.

You are eternal.

The others also will be similarly be found to be

eternal. Until this truth is realized, there will

always be this grief due to false values arising

from wrong knowledge and wrong identity. "

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

 

-recorded, Nov. 5th, 1936-