Why should this thought disturb your present state of realisation.

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So it is itself a myth. If it really be, how can it perish? Its being is false and so it disappears. D.: Although I understand it intellectually, I cannot realise the Self. M.: Why should this thought disturb your present state of realisation. D.: The Self is One, but yet I do not find myself free from the present trouble. M.: Who says this? Is it the Self which is only one? The question contradicts itself.

Source Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Talk 496 · 📖 Read the full text on his ashram’s website

✨ To meditate on today

According to Ramana Maharshi, ignorance (avidya, not recognising what one is) has no reality of its own and vanishes like a mirage; the thought "I can't manage it" cannot disturb the Self, which is already present and peaceful. Today, when a discouraging thought about yourself arises, gently ask yourself: "Who is thinking this?", and let it pass without clinging to it.

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