Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
RAMANA MAHARSHIUnless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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The source of the ego is God.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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