See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIUnless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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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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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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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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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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