A Quote by Ramana Maharshi
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
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Is it possible to take river water back after it has mixed into the sea? The river and the sea are united and one now.
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