Sri Ramana Maharshi
Whenever particular objects are known, it is the Self which has known itself in the form of these objects. For what is known as knowledge or awareness is only the potency of the Self (Atma sakti). The Self is the only sentient object. There is nothing apart from the Self. If there are such objects, they are all insentient and therefore cannot either know themselves or mutually know one another. It is because the Self does not know its true nature in this manner that it seems to be immersed and struggling in the ocean of birth (or death) in the form of individual soul.
Whenever particular objects are known, it is the Self which has known itself in the form of these objects. For what is known as knowledge or awareness is only the potency of the Self (Atma sakti). The Self is the only sentient object. There is nothing apart from the Self. If there are such objects, they are all insentient and therefore cannot either know themselves or mutually know one another. It is because the Self does not know its true nature in this manner that it seems to be immersed and struggling in the ocean of birth (or death) in the form of individual soul.
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