Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBecause truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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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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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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You are already That which you seek.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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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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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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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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