Sri Ramana Maharshi
This question is asked because the name and form are perceived. These are the perceptions consequent on the identification of the ego with the gross body.
If the ego identifies with the subtle mind, as in dream, the perceptions are subtle also. But in sleep there are no perceptions. Was there not the ego still? Who was it that slept? You did not say in your sleep that you slept? You say it now in your wakeful state. The ego therefore is the same in wakefulness, dream and sleep. Find out the underlying Reality behind these states. That is the Reality underlying these. In that state there is Being alone. There is no you, nor I, nor he; no present, nor past, nor future. It is beyond time and space, beyond expression.
It is ever there.
This question is asked because the name and form are perceived. These are the perceptions consequent on the identification of the ego with the gross body.
If the ego identifies with the subtle mind, as in dream, the perceptions are subtle also. But in sleep there are no perceptions. Was there not the ego still? Who was it that slept? You did not say in your sleep that you slept? You say it now in your wakeful state. The ego therefore is the same in wakefulness, dream and sleep. Find out the underlying Reality behind these states. That is the Reality underlying these. In that state there is Being alone. There is no you, nor I, nor he; no present, nor past, nor future. It is beyond time and space, beyond expression.
It is ever there.
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