The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
RAMANA MAHARSHIRealisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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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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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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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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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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