Two Selves...

If we talk of knowing the Self, there must
be two selves, one a knowing self, another
the self which is known, and the process of
knowing. The state we call realisation is
simply being oneself, not knowing anything
or becoming anything. If one has realised,
one is that which alone is and which alone has
always been. One cannot describe that state.
One can only be that. Of course, we loosely
talk of Self-realisation, for want of a better
term. How to 'real-ise' or make real that
which alone is real?

- Sri Ramana Maharshi