God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
RAMANA MAHARSHITurn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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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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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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