Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIt is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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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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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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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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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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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.
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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.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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The world is not outside you.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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