light of consciousness

The mind is like the moon, deriving its light of consciousness from the Self, which thus resembles the sun. Hence when the Self begins to shine, the mind, like the moon, becomes useless.

   −Ramana Maharshi  info

2 comments:

QUASAR9 said...

However we still the mind to add up

or to do whatever mental deeds or mental arithmetic we daily do
even to memorise the password or telephone number or pin number ...

QUASAR9 said...

But of course 'we' are more than any of these ... which are stored in some quantum realm of our memory