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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Q: "Not this---not this." That is the teaching to the seeker. He is told
that the Self is Supreme. How is it to be found?
RM: The Self is said to be the hearer, thinker, knower, etc. But that is not all.
It is also described ear of ear, the mind of mind, etc.; and by what means
to know the knower?
Q: But this does not say what the Self is.
RM: "Not this---not this."
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Talk 41 from "Talks with Ramana Maharshi":
D.: I meditate neti-neti ("Not this --- not this").
M.:
No --- that is not meditation. Find the source. You must reach the source without fail. The false "I" will disappear and the real "I" will be realized. The former cannot exist apart from the latter.