From the Garland of Guru's Sayings Trans. by Who

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> > Verse 76. One should not be afraid that in the Egoless

> State the Self will

> be lost. Whoever became himself lost in sleep, where there

> is no ego?(42)

>

> (42) Half-philosophers confound the ego with the Self and

> hence are afraid

> of the Egoless State; that this is irrational is proved by

> common

> experience; in the sound, dreamless sleep that comes

> naturally to healthy

> people, there is intense happiness, showing that the Self

> exists then.

> Thus even without the appeal to Revelation, one can see

> that these men are

> wrong.

>

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> These quotations are from the book,

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

> published by Sri Ramanasramam.