Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
RAMANA MAHARSHIKnowing the Self, God is known.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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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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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 Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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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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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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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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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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