Who i am ?

Dr. Emile Gatheir, S. J., Professor of Philosophy at the Sacred Heart College, Shembaganur, Kodaikanal, asked:

“Can you kindly give me a summary of your teachings?”

Sri Ramana Maharshi .: They are found in small booklets, particularly Who am l?

Q.: I shall read them. But may I have the central point of your
teachings from your lips?
Sri Ramana Maharshi.: The central point is the thing.

Q: It is not clear.
Sri Ramana Maharshi .: Find the Centre.

Q.: I am from God. Is not God distinct from me?

Sri Ramana Maharshi.: Who asks this question?
God does not ask it.
You ask it.
So find who you are and
then you may find if God is distinct from you.

Q.: But God is Perfect and I am imperfect. How can I ever know
Him fully?

Sri Ramana Maharshi.: God does not say so.
The question is for you.
After finding who you are you may see what God is.

Q.: But you have found your Self. Please let us know if God is distinct from you.

Sri Ramana Maharshi.: It is a matter of experience.
Each one must experience it himself.

Q.: Oh! I see. But God is Infinite and I am finite. I have a personality which can never merge into God. Is it not so?

Sri Ramana Maharshi.: Infinity and Perfection do not admit of parts. If a finite being comes out of infinity the perfection of infinity is marred. Thus your statement is a contradiction in terms.

Q.: No. I see both God and creation.

Sri Ramana Maharshi.: How are you aware of your personality?

D.: I have a soul. I know it by its activities.

Sri Ramana Maharshi.: Did you know it in deep sleep?

D.: The activities are suspended in deep sleep.

Sri Ramana Maharshi .: But you exist in sleep.
So do you now too.
Which of these two is your real state?

~ From Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi : 602.

“ Who I am ?“ soft pdf copy book freely available in worlds 26 nos language on Sri Ramanaashram website as follows,

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