Ramana Maharshi went on to become one of the best known and best loved saints of modern India. Hindus (and later foreigners) would come from thousands of miles away merely to sit in the presence of the master. By remaining fully centered in his Inner Self, he radiated a tranquil luminosity. These sitting near him reported their minds immediately became still. Some experienced inner peace for the first time in their lives.
Scientists in the West consider consciousness a by-product of the nervous system that ends with death. The sages of India don't buy this. During out-of-body travel they experience their consciousness moving independently of their body. The great masters have also reported remaining conscious and alert after their previous bodies died, and journeying through other inner worlds. To them the physical body is the by-product of consciousness, not the other way around!
The Inner Self is called Atman in Sanskrit. The Atman is who you really are-not your physical and subtle bodies, all of which the perishable. The Atman exists beyond space and time. It is the undying reality, your fundamental inner being and truth.
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