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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.

Ramana Maharshi

The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Realize State
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Best Destiny Fate Prevent Silence Yourself
Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Ego Ignorance Remain Remove
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Atom Finding Mindset Structure
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Discover Doubt Existence Finding God Himself Source
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Dive Ego Existence Myself Rise Source Transcendence
Knowing the Self, God is known.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Known One Liner Oneself Spirituality
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Focus Goal Knowledge Mindset Philosophy Reality Universe
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Mindset Purity River Sea Search Yourself
Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Grace Heart Yourself
Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Reform Social
He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Body Eyes God Himself Infinite Live Temple Universe
Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Reality World Yourself
There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Hands Ignorance Lose Man
We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Appearance Attention Light Object Pay Reveal

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