The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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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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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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