There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYour true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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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.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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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 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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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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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.
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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.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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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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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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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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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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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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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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