Devotee: I do not want intellectual answers. I want them to be practical.
Ramana Maharishi: Yes. Direct knowledge does not require intellectual discourses. Since the Self is directly experienced by everyone, they are not at all necessary. Everyone says “I am”. Is there anything more to realise?
Devotee: It is not clear to me.
Ramana Maharishi: You exist. You say ‘I am’. That means existence.
Ramana Maharishi: Yes. Direct knowledge does not require intellectual discourses. Since the Self is directly experienced by everyone, they are not at all necessary. Everyone says “I am”. Is there anything more to realise?
Devotee: It is not clear to me.
Ramana Maharishi: You exist. You say ‘I am’. That means existence.
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