Thus Spake Ramana

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" There is the absolute Self from which a spark

proceeds as from fire. The spark is called the ego.

In the case of an ignorant man, it identifies itself

with an object simultaneous with its rise. It can

not remain independent of such association with

objects. This association is ignorance, whose

destruction is the objective of our efforts.

If its objectifying tendency is killed, it remains

pure and also merges into the source. The

wrong identification with the body is the

I-am-the-body idea.

This must go before good results can follow. "

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

 

-recorded, Nov 18, 1936-