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 MAHARSHIGuru, God and Self are One.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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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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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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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 mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI