Sri Ramana Maharshi
What is Atmasakshatkara (Self-Realization)? You are the Atma (Self) and that is sakshat (here and now) also. Where is the place for kara (accomplishment) in it? This question shows that you think you are the non-self. Or you think that there are two selves, the one to realize the other. It is absurd.
Whatever state one is in, the perceptions partake of that state. The explanation is that in the waking state the gross body perceives gross names and forms; in swapna (the dream state) the mental body perceives the mental creations in their manifold forms and names; in sushupti (deep dreamless sleep), the identification with the body being lost, there are no perceptions; similarly in the Transcendental State identity with Brahman (Self) places a man in harmony with everything, and there is nothing apart from his Self.
A salt doll diving into the sea will not be protected by a water-proof coat. The body is the water-proof coat. You see objects on forgetting your own Self. If you keep hold of your Self, you will not see the objective world.
From Thus Spake Ramana
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