Q: You talk of being. Being what ?
Sri Ramana Maharshi :
Your duty is to be and not to be this or that.
`I am that I am' sums up the whole truth.
The method is summed up in the words `Be still'.
What does stillness mean?
It means destroy yourself.
Because any form or shape is the cause of trouble.
Give up the notion that `I am so and so'.
All that is required to realize the Self is to be still.
What can be easier than that ?
Hence atmavidya (Self-knowledge] is the easiest to attain.
The truth of oneself alone is worthy to be scrutinised and known. Taking it as the target of one's attention,
one should keenly know it in the Heart.
This knowledge of oneself will be revealed only to the consciousness which is silent,
clear and free from the activity of the agitated and suffering mind.
Know that the consciousness
which always shines in the Heart as the formless Self, `I',
and which is known by one's being still without thinking about anything as existent or non-exist,
alone is the perfect reality.
~ Be as you are
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