Devotee: Are the stones, etc. destined to be always so?
Ramana Maharishi: Who sees stones? They are perceived by your senses, which are in turn actuated by your mind. So they are in your mind. Whose mind is it? The questioner must find it himself. If the Self be found this question will not arise. The Self is more intimate than the objects. Find the subject, and the objects will take care of themselves. The objects are seen by different persons according to their outlook and these theories are evolved. But who is the seer, the cogniser of these theories? It is you. Find your Self. Then there is an end of these vagaries of the mind.
Devotee: What is this mind?
Ramana Maharishi: A bundle of thoughts.
Devotee: Wherefrom has it its origin?
Ramana Maharishi: Consciousness of the Self.
Devotee: Then thoughts are not real.
Ramana Maharishi: They are not: the only reality is the Self.
Ramana Maharishi: Who sees stones? They are perceived by your senses, which are in turn actuated by your mind. So they are in your mind. Whose mind is it? The questioner must find it himself. If the Self be found this question will not arise. The Self is more intimate than the objects. Find the subject, and the objects will take care of themselves. The objects are seen by different persons according to their outlook and these theories are evolved. But who is the seer, the cogniser of these theories? It is you. Find your Self. Then there is an end of these vagaries of the mind.
Devotee: What is this mind?
Ramana Maharishi: A bundle of thoughts.
Devotee: Wherefrom has it its origin?
Ramana Maharishi: Consciousness of the Self.
Devotee: Then thoughts are not real.
Ramana Maharishi: They are not: the only reality is the Self.
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