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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWe are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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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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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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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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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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