Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 Maharshi : The individual is sentient and cannot be without consciousness. The Self is pure consciousness . Yet man identifies with the body , which is insentient and does not say 'I am the body'. Someone else says so. The unlimited Self does not say it either. Who then is saying it ? A spurious "I" which arises between the pure consciousness and the insentient body and which imagines itself limited to the body. Seek this and it will vanish as a phantom. That phantom is the ego or indiduality. "All the Shastras are written for the purpose of eliminating this phantom. The present state is mere illusion . Our aim , should be simply to remove this illusion - to disillusion ourselves". from REFLECTIONS ON TALKS WITH RAMANA MAHARSHI S.S. Cohen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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