' Consumed by the Flame '...

Ramana Maharshi's gift to the world was not that he realized the Self.

Many people have had a deep realization of the Self.

Ramana's real gift was that he embodied that realization so thoroughly.

It is one thing to realize the Self;

it is something else altogether to embody that realization to the extent that there is no gap between inner revelation and its outer expression.

Many have glimpsed the realization of Oneness; few consistently express that realization through their humanness.

It is one thing to touch a flame and know it is hot, but quite another to jump into that flame and be consumed by it.


- Adyashanti