Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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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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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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