And that 'SELF' is nothing but 'TRUTH-BEING-EXISTENCE-CONSCIOUSNESS and BLISS' - 'ASTHI-SWASTHI-AANANDAM-AVABODHAM' ~ SWAATHMAARAAMAN
D.: What is this Self again?
M.: The Self is known to everyone but not clearly. You always exist. The Be-ING is the Self. ‘I am’ is the name of God. Of all the definitions of God, none is indeed so well put as the Biblical statement “I AM THAT I AM” in EXODUS (Chap. 3). There are other statements, such as 'Brahmaivaham', 'Aham Brahmasmi' and 'Soham'. But none is so direct as the name 'JEHOVAH' = 'I' 'AM'. The Absolute Being is 'what is' - It is the 'Self'. It is God. Knowing the Self, God is known. In fact God is none other than the Self.
~RAMANA MAHARSHI
D.: What is this Self again?
M.: The Self is known to everyone but not clearly. You always exist. The Be-ING is the Self. ‘I am’ is the name of God. Of all the definitions of God, none is indeed so well put as the Biblical statement “I AM THAT I AM” in EXODUS (Chap. 3). There are other statements, such as 'Brahmaivaham', 'Aham Brahmasmi' and 'Soham'. But none is so direct as the name 'JEHOVAH' = 'I' 'AM'. The Absolute Being is 'what is' - It is the 'Self'. It is God. Knowing the Self, God is known. In fact God is none other than the Self.
~RAMANA MAHARSHI
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