All are aware of their own Self only. Wonder of wonders! They take what is not as what is, or they see the phenomena apart from the Self. Only so long as there is the knower is there knowledge of all kinds (direct, inferential, intellectual, etc.); should the knower vanish, they all vanish together with him; their validity is of the same degree as his.
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi · Volume I
Talk 93
9th November, 1935