Guest guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 The Teachings of BhagavanSri Ramana Maharshiin His Own WordsCHAPTER ONETHE NATURE OF MANWe come now to the very essence of theory, the nature of manhimself. For whatever a man may think of the reality of theworld or of God he knows that he himself exists. And it is inorder to understand and at the same time to perfect himselfthat he studies and seeks guidance.The individual being which identifies its existence withthat of the life in the physical body as `I' is called the ego. TheSelf, which is pure Consciousness, has no ego-sense about it.Neither can the physical body, which is inert in itself, have thisego-sense. Between the two, that is between the Self or pureConsciousness and the inert physical body, there arisesmysteriously the ego-sense or `I' notion, the hybrid which isneither of them, and this flourishes as an individual being. Thisego or individual being is at the root of all that is futile andundesirable in life. Therefore it is to be destroyed by any possiblemeans; then That which ever is alone remains resplendent. Thisis Liberation or Enlightenment or Self-Realisation. 11 Spiritual Instruction, Chap. 1, § 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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