Liberation - The Original State

Sri Ramana Maharshi

There is only one "I" all along, but what rises up from time to time is the mistaken "I-thought"; whereas the intuitive "I" always remains Self-shining, i.e., even before it becomes manifest. The birth of the gross body does not amount to one's own birth, on the other hand, the birth of the ego is one's own birth. For liberation, nothing new remains to be gained. It is the original state and continues unchanged too.