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Hinduism
Lesson 196

One is the Self.

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Everyone is the Self by his own experience. Still he is not aware, he identifies the Self with the body and feels miserable. This is the greatest of all mysteries. One is the Self. Why not abide as the Self and be done with miseries?

Source Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Talk 192 Β· πŸ“– Read the full text on his ashram’s website

✨ To meditate on today

According to Ramana Maharshi, everyone is already the Self, the peaceful awareness that knows "I am", but by taking ourselves to be only the body we feel miserable. Today, when discomfort or tiredness arises, notice: "The body is tired, but what notices it is calm", and rest for a few moments in that awareness.

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