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30. The Disappearance of Otherness

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157. The entire universe composed of the five  elements, earth, water, fire, air and space, 

appears  only due to our error of mistaking as “I,” the ego that rises from Self like a spark rising from fire, and  which appears as different from Self whose nature is  Being, and as identical with the mind, whose nature  is rising. 

158. The entire appearance of this world that is  seen, 

including we (the individual or jiva) who see it, 

is a mere false appearance like a dream. 

If we  keenly scrutinize the source (the real “I am”) from which the seeing ego rises, and thereby enter the  heart and firmly abide there, the reality will shine forth (and the appearance of the triad – the seer, 

seeing and object seen – will disappear).

~A Light on the Teaching of Ramana Maharshi

Chapter: The Essence of Spiritual Practice