Thus Spake Ramana

[Guest guest]

" You are the Self.

The Self is eternally realized.

Otherwise, there will be no pleasure in it.

If it is not eternal,

it must have a beginning;

what begins will also end,

so it is only transient.

There is no use seeking for a temporary state of affairs.

The fact is, that it is the state of effort-less,

ever alert Peace.

Effortlessness while remaining aware is the state of Bliss;

and THAT is the state of REALIZATION.

 

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

 

-recorded, Dec 16, 1936-