Talks with Ramana...

D.: God is in all - in all the objects we see around us. They say we
should see God in all of them.
M.: God is in all and in the seer. Where else can God be seen? He
cannot be found outside. He should be felt within. To see the
objects, mind is necessary. To conceive God in them is a mental
operation. But that is not real. The consciousness within, purged
of the mind, is felt as God.

D.: There are, say, beautiful colours. It is a pleasure to watch them.
We can see God in them.
M.: They are all mental conceptions.

D.: There are more than colours. I mentioned colours only as an example.
M.: They are also similarly mental.

D.: There is the body also - the senses and the mind. The soul makes
use of all these for knowing things.
M.: The objects or feelings or thoughts are all mental conceptions.
The mind rises after the rise of the I-thought or the ego. Wherefrom
does the ego rise? From the abstract consciousness or Pure
intelligence.

D.: Is it the soul?
M.: Soul, mind or ego are mere words. There are no entities of the
kind. Consciousness is the only truth.

D.: Then that consciousness cannot give any pleasure.
M.: Its nature is Bliss. Bliss alone is. There is no enjoyer to enjoy pleasure.
Enjoyer and joy - both merge in it.


from Talks with Ramana #244