Devotee. But there are some who seem to have had no human Guru at all.

Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi: True. In the case of certain great souls God reveals himself as the Light of their light from within.

Devotee: Then what is true devotion (Bhakti) ?

Bhagwan Sri Ramana: Whatever I do or consider myself doing is really the Lord’s doing. Nothing really belongs to me. I am here for the service of the Lord. This spirit of service really is devotion supreme and the true devotee sees the Supreme Being as the Lord immanent in everything. Worship of Him by name and form leads one beyond all name and form. Devotion Complete culminates in Knowledge Supreme.

Even when Bhakti, devotion, is actuated by worldly desires in the beginning, it does not cease when the desires are fulfilled. It increases by an unshakable faith growing perfectly into a supreme state of realization.

Devotee. Then what is the path of Jnana (Knowledge) ?

Bhagwan Sri Ramana: Stripped of the ego he establishes himself naturally in supreme Self-awareness.

Devotee: How can we say that both Bhakti(Devotion) and Jnana (Knowledge) lead to the same goal ?

Bhagwan Sri Ramana: Why not? Both paths lead you to a state of supreme Peace, Mounam, that passeth all understanding.

Sat Darshanam Bhashya and Talks with Maharshi

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MAYA ISN’T FALSEHOOD PER SE BUT SEEMS SO UNTIL JIVA REMEMBERS ITS REAL IDENTITY

Maya is not falsehood, although it has the appearance of it, but the active side of Reality. It is the maker of forms in Consciousness and form means variety, which causes illusion – mind you, all this variety is in consciousness and nowhere else; it is only in the mind. One jiva, seeing another jiva, forgets its identity with it and thinks of it as separate from itself. But the moment it turns its attention on its own nature as consciousness, and not as form, the illusion of diversity or separateness breaks as a dream breaks when waking takes place.

(Bhagavan in ‘Guru Ramana’ IX.1)

VERY MUCH LIKE GOLDSMITH AND FITCH TEACHING THAT WE CAN HEAL BY REALIZING THE I OR CHRIST OF ME IS EXACTLY THE DAME AS THE I OR CHRIST (GOD) OF PATIENT (SO THERE IS NO PATIENT).