he is not the body, -Ramana Maharishi

In the beginning one has to be told 
that he is not the body, 
because he thinks that he is the body only. 
Whereas he is the body and all else. 
The body is only a part. 
Let him know it finally. 
But he must first discern consciousness from insentience and be the consciousness only. 
This is discrimination (viveka). 
The initial discrimination must persist to the end. 
Its fruit is liberation.

Ramana Maharishi