Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi

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Question: Then you do not teach the way of yoga?

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi: The yogi tries to drive his mind to the goal, as

a cowherd drives a bull with a stick, but on this path the seeker

coaxes the bull by holding out a handful of grass.

 

Question: How is that done?

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi: You have to ask yourself the question 'Who am I?'

This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something

within you, which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you

will solve all other problems.

 

Questioner: Seeking the 'I' there is nothing to be seen.

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi: Because you are accustomed to identify yourself

with the body and sight with the eye, therefore you say you do not see

anything. What is there to be seen? Who is to see? How to see? There

is only one consciousness which, manifesting as 'I'-thought,

identifies itself with the body, projects itself through the eyes and

sees the objects around. The individual is limited in the waking state

and expects to see something different. The evidence of his senses

will be seal of authority. But he will not admit that the seer, the

seen and the seeing are all manifestations of the same consciousness -

namely, 'I, I'. Contemplation helps one to overcome the illusion that

the Self must be visual. In truth, there is nothing visual. How do you

feel the 'I' now? Do you hold a mirror before you to know your own

being? The awareness is the 'I'. Realise it and that is the truth.