Obstruction is Ignorance

Sri Ramana Maharshi

If "I" am always - here and now, why do I not feel so?

M. That is it. Who says it is not felt? Does the real "I" say it or the false "I"? Examine it. You will find it is the wrong "I". The wrong "I" is the obstruction. It has to be removed in order that the true "I" may not be hidden. The feeling that I have not realized is the obstruction to realization. Otherwise, the realization will be new; it has not existed so far, it must take place hereafter. What is born will also die. If realization be not eternal, it is not worth having. Therefore what we seek is not that which must happen afresh. It is only that which is eternal but not now known due to obstructions; it is that we seek. All that we need to do is to remove the obstruction. That which is eternal is not known to be so because of ignorance. Ignorance is the obstruction. Get over this ignorance and all will be well.