What is the nature of the Self?

What exists in truth is the Self alone.

The world, the individual soul, and God are appearances in it.

Like silver in mother-of-pearl, these three appear at the same time, and disappear at the same time.

The Self is that where there is absolutely no "|" thought.

That is called "Silence".

The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is "|"; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.

#SriRamanaMaharshi