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"Since all the living beings desire to be happy always, without any misery..., it is necessary to know oneself. For that, Inquiry in the form 'Who am I' alone is the principal means. Knowledge itself is 'I'. The nature of (this) knowledge is existence-consciousness-bliss What is called mind is a wondrous power existing in Self. It projects all thoughts. If we set aside all thoughts and see, there will be no such thing as mind remaining separate; therefore, thought itself is the form of the mind. Other than thoughts, there is no such thing as the world. Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought. That which rises in this body as 'I' is the mind. If one inquires 'In which place in the body does the thought 'I' rise first?, it will be known to be in the heart [spiritual heart is 'two digits to the right from the center of the chest']. Even if one incessantly thinks 'I', 'I', it will lead to that place (Self)' The mind will subside only by means of the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'Who am I?', destroying all other thoughts, will itself finally be destroyed like the stick used for stirring the funeral pyre. If other thoughts rise, one should, without attempting to complete them, inquire, 'To whom did they arise?', it will be known 'To me'. If one then inquires 'Who am I?', the mind (power of attention) will turn back to its source. By repeatedly practicing thus, the power of the mind to abide in its source increases. The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self. Self itself is the world; Self itself is 'I'; Self itself is God; all is the Supreme Self."RAMANA MAHARSHI