the Self focussed attention on itself

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'I' was something very real,

the only real thing about my present state,

and all the conscious activity connected with my body

was centred on that 'I'.

>From that moment onwards the 'I' or Self

focussed attention on itself by a powerful fascination.

Fear of death had vanished once and for all.

Absorption in the Self continued unbroken from that time on.

 

Other thoughts might come and go like the various notes of music,

but the 'I' continued like the fundamental sruti note that underlies

and blends with all the other notes.

Whether the body was engaged in talking, reading or anything else,

I was still centred on 'I'.

 

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Sri Ramana about his awakening

in: Osborne: Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge

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