Be Earnest

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Q: Doesn't that all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful God provide all that is needed for a man's realization? (The enquirer's inner thought was "Should we always depend upon the whims and fancies of a Guru, however great he may be? If so, where is freedom of the Self and Self-reliance?")

Quick and straight as an arrow came the answer from Him as if He understood the enquirer's inner trouble better than himself.

M: Do not think that this body is the Guru (pointing to his body).

Q: I fear that Self-realization is no easy thing to reach.

M: Why stultify yourself by anticipating failure in your course? Push on.There you are. Self-realization will come to an earnest seeker in a trice!