from the Garland of Guru's Sayings Translated by WHO.

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> Verse 70. Neglecting to inquire, " How am I now? "

> men vainly ask, " What was

> I before? " and " What shall I be

> hereafter? " (37)

>

> (37) Half-philosophers are busy trying to find out by

> occult means some

> facts about their previous births, and to learn something

> about their

> future state; such questions arise from the notion that

> they are now

> embodied; but that is not true; the Self is ever-free and

> bodiless;

> deliverance is here and now; space and time are mere

> illusions; hence

> preoccupation with questions like these is a mistake.

>

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> These quotations are from the book,

> Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam.