OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SRI RAMANAYA
Reflections
OM NAMAH SIVAYA
SAT Temple
October.November. December 2015
“Supreme Knowledge, which is Consciousness, is the very same that the Vedas declared to be Brahman. Self-Knowledge is the easiest thing there is. So, what are efforts in spiritual practice? Only for the destruction of ignorance, the destruction of illusion, but when illusion is destroyed, one realizes nothing has been destroyed. The belief that it came into existence to begin with has been given up. Ego-death is said to be required for SelfRealization, but the ego does not actually exist! The unreal never is; the real always is. So, where can there be a difficulty in this? The Self is something that is entirely real even for the most ordinary man. Every one knows that he exists. You know this without thinking about it. You know this with or without the senses. It does not require sensory activity. You exist, and you know that you exist. How do you know that you exist? It is not through the senses. If the senses were to be eliminated, you would still know that you exist. If you would imagine a state in which you cease to exist, you would still exist in order to have that cognition.� -Nome, Sri Ramana Maharshi Self-Realization Retreat, 2007