• By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then, there will arise Self-realization.

    Ramana Maharshi: By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. 
 The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, 
 and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then, there will arise Self-realization.
    Ramana Maharshi (2004). “The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi”, p.22, Shambhala Publications