By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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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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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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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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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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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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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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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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You are already That which you seek.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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