We learn the art of living in the present from Ramana. He never tires of affirming that it is possible to do so because our natural state is one of silence. Thoughts are only on the surface when needed but deep down there is a overwhelming silence, the vast space uncluttered by thought. The goal is the discovery of ones own identity, to abide in the natural state - the fetters of the mind, the bondage to time is broken. Then we are that dynamic silence, that abundant joy.