See for whom the blankness appears.

Devotee:  “There is a blankness intervening,” it is said in the book.

Ramana Maharishi:  Yes. Do not stop there. See for whom the blankness appears.

Devotee:  For devotees there is no blankness, it is said.

Ramana Maharishi:  Even there, there is the latent state, laya; the mind wakes up after some time.