Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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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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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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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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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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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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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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