Devotee: But thinking is necessary even for realisation.
Ramana Maharishi: That thinking is aimed at the elimination of all thinking.
Devotee: Owing to my ignorance, I do not realise the Absolute Existence-Consciousness.
Ramana Maharishi: Who is the ‘I’? Whose is the ignorance! Answers to these questions will alone suffice to prove that you are already realised. Is there anyone who denies his own existence? Or can anyone say that he did not exist in his sleep? Pure Existence is thus admitted. The admission also implies consciousness. Thus all men are realised. There is no ignorant man at all.
Ramana Maharishi: That thinking is aimed at the elimination of all thinking.
Devotee: Owing to my ignorance, I do not realise the Absolute Existence-Consciousness.
Ramana Maharishi: Who is the ‘I’? Whose is the ignorance! Answers to these questions will alone suffice to prove that you are already realised. Is there anyone who denies his own existence? Or can anyone say that he did not exist in his sleep? Pure Existence is thus admitted. The admission also implies consciousness. Thus all men are realised. There is no ignorant man at all.
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