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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.

Ramana Maharshi

Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Death Deep Forget Nature Reality Remember Spiritual Yourself
We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Appearance Attention Light Object Pay Reveal
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Carry Grace Himself Ocean Vessel
Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Communication Deep End Language Medium Silence Speech Talk
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Himself Image Mental See
By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Attention Ego Sea Source
The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Oneself Reality
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Activity Ego Light Notice See
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Fear Object Reason
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Kill Mindset Pretend Rise Thief Yourself
The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Known Seek Wisdom Yourself
An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Awake Consciousness Heart Light Mindset Person Purity Reflection
There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Fact Greatness Mystery Reality Seek
See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Help Meditation Thinking Yourself
The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Problem Search See Solution

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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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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