I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
RAMANA MAHARSHIRealization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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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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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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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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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy 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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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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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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