All is Perumal Alone

Sri Ramana Maharshi

A young man asked in broken Tamil:

How long will it be before Self-Realization?

M.: First know what Self means and also what Realization means: then you will know all.

D.: The mind must realize in the Heart.

M.: Be it so. What is mind?

D.: Mind, Heart are all avatars of Perumal (Vaishnavite term for incarnate God).

M.: If so no need to worry ourselves.

D.: On this basis how can we realize?

M.: Surrender the mind to Perumal (God). His avatar cannot remain independent of Him. Render unto Him what is His and be happy.

D.: How to do so?

M.: How is the mind known to us? Owing to its activities, namely, thoughts. Whenever thoughts arise remember they are all modes of Perumal and they cannot be otherwise, this is enough; this is the surrender of the mind. Can anything exist independent of Perumal? All is Perumal alone. He acts through all. Why worry ourselves?