Remove the untruth

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It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise?

The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new or

achieving something which we did not have before. The illustration

given in books is this. We dig a well and create a huge pit. The

space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just

removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space

was there then and is also there now. Similarly we have simply

to throw out all the age-long samskaras [innate tendencies] which

are inside us. When all of them have been given up, the Self will

shine alone.

 

- Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

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This quotation is from " Be As You Are "

The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

Edited by David Godman

Arkana, 1985