You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
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Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?”
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