That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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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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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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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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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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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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