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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

Ramana Maharshi

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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Hands Illusion Oneself Remain Search
The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Body Form God Himself Man Possible Sense Worship
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Activity Ego Light Notice See
He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Action Himself Suffering Thinking
Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Body Chief Failure Identify Mindset Ourselves Reason
Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Doubt Forever Nature Need Oneself Realize
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Atom Finding Mindset Soul Structure Subtle
Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Fake Idea Oneself Realize
The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Love One Liner Wisdom
Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Imagination Misery Reality
There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Greatness Meditation Obstacle
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Adventure Explorer Happiness Pleasure Risk Seek Thrilling World
Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Death Deep Forget Nature Reality Remember Spiritual Yourself
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Creation Illusion Mindset Thinking
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Atom Finding Mindset Structure
When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Calm Mindset Peace

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