Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBeyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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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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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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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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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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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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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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