'Self-Realization' is nothing but shifting our attention from 'DEHOHAM ( I-AM the body consciousness) to 'BRAHMOHAM' ( I-AM pure consciousness); resulting in 'Sahaja-Samadhi' (Peace-Inherent) and 'Liberation-in-Life' ~ Swaathmaaraaman

Q: How can we root out the sex idea?
M: By rooting out the false idea of the body being the Self. There is no sex in the Self. Be the real Self, then there will be no trouble with sex.

~Ramana Maharshi
(From 'Conscious Immortality' Ch. 1.)

For the wise one who has known Self by diving within himself, there is nothing other than Self to be known. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

Photograph of Arunachala

*Drushteem njnanamayeem kruthwa- Pasyeth Brahmamayam Jagath* - 'When the mind is rendered 'NO-MIND' , the phenomenal world is nothing but pure consciousness or 'Brahman'~ Swaathmaaraaman

Bhagavan 'Ramana Maharshi' with a smile placed his little finger over his eye and said, “Look. This little finger covers the eye and prevents the whole world from being seen. In the same way this small mind covers the whole universe and prevents the Brahman from being seen. See how powerful it is!” (From 'Letters from Sri Ramanasramam' 22.01.1949)

*POINTS TO PONDER* - 'Ramana Maharshi'~ Is there any one not aware of the Self? Yet, they do not even like to hear of it.

People will not understand the bare and simple truth... the truth of their everyday, ever-present and eternal experience. That is the truth of the Self. Is there any one not aware of the Self? Yet, they do not even like to hear of it, whereas they are eager to know what lies beyond -- heaven and hell and reincarnation. Because they love mystery and not the plain truth, religions pamper them...only to bring them round to the Self in the end. Moreover, much as you may wander you must return ultimately to the Self; so why not abide in the Self here and now?

*WORDS OF WISDOM*- 'Liberation-in-Life' is nothing but constant abidance in one`s own 'SELF'~Swaathmaaraaman

Q.:What is the best of all religions? What is Bhagavan’s method?
B.:All methods and religions are the same.
Q.:But different methods are taught for attaining liberation.
B.:Why should you be liberated? Why not remain as you are now?

Source: The Teachings of 'Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi' in His Own Words

'Swosworoopaanusandhaanam- Bhakthirythyabhidheeyathe' (Devotion is nothing but introspective contemplation on one`s own 'SELF' or 'Truth-Being-Existence-Consciousness and Bliss) - 'Adi Sankaracharya'

In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says that the devotee is higher than the yogi and that the means to Liberation is bhakti (devotion) in the form of continuous or prolonged meditation on the Self, which is the sole Reality. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

The great sages do not identify themselves with any particular religion or creed. They are above all such distinctions. They belong to the whole of humanity. ~ Swami Rama

                                      ...from the book "Living with the Himalayan Masters"