In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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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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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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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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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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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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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.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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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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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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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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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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