Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation 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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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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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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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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We 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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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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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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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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