Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
RAMANA MAHARSHIConsciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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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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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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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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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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