When and how is the disappearance of the objective world (drisya vilaya) to be effected?

Devotee:  When and how is the disappearance of the objective world (drisya vilaya) to be effected?


Ramana Maharishi:  It is complete when the relative subject, namely the mind, is eliminated. The mind is the creator of the subject and the object and is the cause of the dualistic idea. Therefore, it is the cause of the wrong notion of limited self and the misery consequent on such erroneous idea.


Devotee:  What is this mind?


Ramana Maharishi:  Mind is one form of manifestation of life. A block of wood or a subtle machine is not called mind. The vital force manifests as life activity and also as the conscious phenomena known as the mind.