Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

I should have given you a more detailed account of the
questions asked by the Swami and the replies given by
Bhagavan; only at present the place reserved for ladies in
the hall is rather far from Bhagavan and, as I happened to
be sitting at the back, I could not hear properly all that was
being discussed. I did however hear one thing clearly.

Bhagavan said, “In the vision of death, though all the senses
were benumbed, the aham sphurana (Self-awareness) was
clearly evident, and so I realised that it was that awareness
that we call ‘I’, and not the body. This Self-awareness never
decays. It is unrelated to anything. It is Self-luminous. Even
if this body is burnt, it will not be affected. Hence, I realised
on that very day so clearly that that was ‘I’.”
Many more such things were said but I could not follow
or remember them, and so I am not able to write any more
about them. There have been several discussions as this
before. I am only sorry I have let slip such innumerable
gems. Please excuse my laziness and indifference in not
writing to you even though you have been asking me all
these days to write.