Just Be

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Look, the Self is simple Be-ing, not being this or that. It is simple Being. Be - and there is an end of the ignorance. Enquire for whom is the ignorance. The ego arises when you wake up from sleep. In deep sleep you do not say that you are sleeping and that you are going to wake up or that you have been sleeping so long. But still you are there. Only when you are awake you say that you have slept. Your wakefulness comprises sleep also in it. Realize your pure Be-ing. Let there be no confusion with the body. The body is the result of thoughts. The thoughts will play as usual, but you will not be affected. You were not concerned with the body when asleep; so you can always remain.

V. How can anyone reconcile such activity with the wage-earning which is a necessity for worldly people?

M. Actions form no bondage. Bondage is only the false notion, "I am the doer." Leave off such thoughts and let the body and senses play their role, unimpeded by your interference.