Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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