Heaven and Hell

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Are there heaven and hell?

There must be someone to go there. They are like dreams. We see time and space exist in dream also. Which is true, dream or wakefulness?

So we must rid ourselves of lust, anger etc.

Give up thoughts. You need to give up anything else. You must be there to see anything. It is the Self. Self is ever-conscious.

What effort is necessary for reaching the Self?

'I' should be destroyed. Self is not to be reached. Is there any moment when Self is not? It is not new. Be as you are. What is new cannot be permanent? What is real must always exist.

Heaven and hell - what are they?

You carry heaven and hell with you. Your lust, anger etc. produce these regions. They are like dreams.