Ramana Maharshi on mindset
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“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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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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 MaharshiRamana Maharshi Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Silence is also conversation.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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 MaharshiRamana Maharshi If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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