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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWe dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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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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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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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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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Silence is also conversation.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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