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?
RAMANA MAHARSHIPure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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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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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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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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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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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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