The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in oneโs natural, original state.
Ramana MaharshiConsciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
Ramana MaharshiThe enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
Ramana MaharshiThe 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any paradox in it. Consider the case of the worshipper. He approaches God and prays to be absorbed in Him. He then surrenders himself in faith and by concentration. And what remains afterwards? In the place of the original 'I', self-surrender leaves a residuum of God in which the 'I' is lost. That is the highest form of devotion or surrender and the peak of detachment.
Ramana Maharshi