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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

Ramana Maharshi

That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Change Existence Forever Reality
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.
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Direct Heart Life Mindset Movement Search Shine Universe
The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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Ego Enemy Friendship Hate Kill Seek
Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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Absence Doubt Rise Surrender
I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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Mindfulness Myself Notice See Yourself
You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Aspiration Present State Thinking Yourself
There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Hands Ignorance Lose Man
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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Devotion Search Truth Yourself
Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Doubt Forever Nature Need Oneself Realize
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
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God Mindset Purity River Sea Search Yourself
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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Affect Food Harmony Mindset Necessary Practice Purity
There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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Effort Forever Herself Identity Natural Simplicity State Wrong
The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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God Illusion Reality Universe World
All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Calm Oneself Peace Realize
He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Action Himself Suffering Thinking
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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Existence Fear Object Reason

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