There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would me…

Ramana Maharshi
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There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and now but that it is yet to be obtained. What is got afresh will also be lost. So it will be impermanent. What is not permanent is not worth striving for. So I say the Self is not reached. You are the Self; you are already That. ✨ Sri Ramana Maharshi (1991). Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, p.26, Penguin UK
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