Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHISurrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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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 very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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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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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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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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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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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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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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