The philosophy of Sri Ramana derives solely from his experience of
true, absolute and non-dual self-knowledge, an experience that transcends all
thought, both rational and irrational. However, since we imagine the existence
of duality, multiplicity and relativity, we seem to lack the non-dual and
absolute knowledge of our own essential self-conscious being that Sri Ramana
experienced as his natural state. Therefore he presented his philosophy to us
in terms of a rational and logical analysis of our present experience of
ourself as a finite individual consciousness, in order to enable us to be
firmly convinced of the absolute reality that underlies this finite
consciousness that we now mistake to be ourself.
However, the spiritual teachings of Sri Ramana are not only a rational
philosophy, but are also a precise science and art. He intended his philosophy
to serve only as the theoretical foundation upon which we should practice the
empirical science of self-investigation, which is the art of abiding firmly and
steadily in our natural state of keenly self-attentive and therefore perfectly
thought-free being.
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