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In plain words

Sri Ramakrishna: "Keshab Sen and I were talking of the knowledge of Brahman. Keshab said, 'Tell us more!' I said, 'If I tell you more, your party and all that will not remain.' Then Keshab said, 'Then no more of it, sir.'" Everyone laughed. "Still, I said to Keshab, '"I" and "mine": that is ignorance. "I am the doer", and "these are mine, my wife, son, possessions, honour, position": such feelings come only from ignorance.' Then Keshab said, 'Sir, if one gives up the "I", nothing at all remains.' I said, 'Keshab, I am not telling you to give up the whole "I". Give up the "unripe I". "I am the doer", "my wife and son", "I am the guru": all this pride is the "unripe I". Give that up. Give that up and live as the "ripe I": "His servant am I, His devotee am I; not I but He is the doer."'"