You are the Child Within. You are already perfect.

Ramana Maharshi: Self-Inquiry, Ego and One's True Self


Sri Ramana Maharshi
(1879-1950)
"What we find in the life and teachings of Sri Ramana," wrote the great psychologist, Carl Jung, "is the purest of India, with its breath of (a) world liberated and liberating humanity. It is a chant of millenniums. In India, he is the whitest spot in a white space."
A modern-day sage, Sri Ramana Maharshi lived and taught a path of radical self-inquiry in order to realise one's true nature and self. "Whatever the means adopted, " he observed, "you must at last return to the Self."
"So," he asked, "why not abide as the Self here and now? What is not permanent is not worth striving for. You are the Self. You are already perfect."
"Meditation," he observed, "is your true nature. You call it meditation now because there are thoughts distracting you. When these thoughts are dispelled you will remain alone in the state free from thoughts, and that is your real nature."