The world is not outside you.
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.
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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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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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