You do not know what you were before birth. Yet you want to know what you will be after death. Do you know what you are now? Birth and rebirth pertain to the body. Birth and rebirth are mentioned only to make you investigate the question and find out that there is neither death nor birth. they relate to the body, not the self. Know your real being and these questions will not arise; Maharishi Ramana.
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
Grace is there always. But practice is also necessary. Staying in the Self by one’s effort is like training a roguish bull to remain confined to his stall by tempting him with luscious grass and preventing him from straying.; Ramana Maharishi.
Comment; we practice of awareness or self-inquiry then our mind goes outside. Because our mind is used to going outside due to our tendency of so many lives. So practice should be there.
Sometimes the experience of bliss happens but we should not stop there. Because it is a divine, eternal peace and astonishing experience. One can not believe that such happiness can happen in this life. Most people stop there. But this is not the final goal. We should not stop here up to the self-realization.
Effort is necessary up to the stage of realization. Even then the self should spontaneously become evidence. Otherwise, happiness would not be complete. Up to the state of spontaneity, there must be effort, in some form or other.; Ramana Maharishi.
Comment; The meaning of Ramana Maharishi is that when we practice of self -inquiry there will be an experience of bliss but it is not complete. We should not stop there should be more practice for the stage of liberation.
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