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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.

Ramana Maharshi

Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Mindset Myself Rise Thinking
An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Awake Consciousness Heart Light Mindset Person Purity Reflection
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Focus Goal Knowledge Mindset Philosophy Reality Universe
Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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Aware Evidence Known Remain Yourself
Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Illusion Realize Yourself
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Call Consciousness God Name
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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Oneself Remain Shine
When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Distraction Meditation Thinking
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
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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Avoid Deep Discover Pain Shoes Simplicity Walk World
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.”
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Beyond Consciousness Investigation Limitation Mindset Myself Purity
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Focus Heart Learning Mindset Point Silence True
All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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Deep Existence Manifestation Spirituality
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Conserve Energy Mindset Thinking
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Deep Dissolve Philosophy Question Wisdom

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