He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHIOne 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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True silence is really endless speech.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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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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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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