You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Silence is also conversation.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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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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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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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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Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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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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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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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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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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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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