If the search has to be made within, is it necessary to be in the physical proximity of the Master?

Devotee:  If the search has to be made within, is it necessary to be in the physical proximity of the Master?


Ramana Maharishi:  It is necessary to do so until all doubts are at an end.


Devotee:  If the ego is unreal and troublesome why did we take so much pains to develop it?


Ramana Maharishi:  Its growth and the trouble consequent on such growth make you look for the cause of it all. Its development is for its own destruction.