See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWanting 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You are already That which you seek.
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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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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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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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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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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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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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