To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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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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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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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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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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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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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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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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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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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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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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