Ramana Maharshi

This speech really made me think and have a different point of view. I loved how he said, " wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the whole world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes". When I read this it made me think of something my dad told me, "don't throw stones at others, when you live in a glass house". Meaning don't try to better others when you still have faults and short comings that you need to work on. I also like when he said, " silence is a perennial flow of language, interrupted by words. It is like electricity. When there is resistance to its passage, it glows as a lamp or resolves as a fan". "Silence is the eternal flow of language". That although one may be silent they are still full of words, just arranging the words and how to best speak them. When he was talking about how god's grace was in the beginning, middle and end. He continues to say, when you pray for gods grace, you are like someone crying for water standing neck deep in it. Gods grace is everywhere it is up to us to receive his grace in our life. This speech is great and really made me think what he had to say.