We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
RAMANA MAHARSHICalmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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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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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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