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From ~ Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge. Ch.14

The path of devotion is the same really as that of submission.

The whole burden is cast upon the Guru.

This also Sri Bhagavan enjoined.

To one devotee he said,

“Submit to me and I will strike down the mind.”

To another he said,

“Only keep quiet, Bhagavan will do the rest.”

He told another, Devaraja Mudaliar,

“Your business is only to surrender and leave everything to me.”

And he often said,

“There are two ways:

either ask yourself ‘Who am I?’ or surrender to the Guru.”

And yet, to surrender, to keep the mind still

and be fully receptive to the Grace of the Guru, is not easy.

It requires constant effort, constant remembering,

and only the Grace of the Guru makes it possible.

Many used devotional or other practices

to help them in the attempt,

and Sri Bhagavan approved and authorised such means,

though he seldom actually prescribed them.

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