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Turn 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.

Ramana Maharshi

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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Distraction Meditation Oneself Weakness
The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Enlightenment Greatness Obstacle
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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Existence Light Oneself Reality
Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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Body Existence See World
You are already That which you seek.
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Inspirational One Liner Search Seek Yourself
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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Affect Food Harmony Mindset Necessary Practice Purity
The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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Known Seek Wisdom Yourself
The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Action Carry Day Flow Life Meditation Need Responsibility Work Yourself
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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Communication Deep End Language Medium Silence Speech Talk
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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Captive Desire Fact Fake Freedom Liberty Nature Necessary Prison Reality
The world is not outside you.
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One Liner Perspective World Yourself
The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Natural Oneself Original Simplicity State Truth
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Activity Ego Light Notice See
As you are, so is the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

One Liner Perspective World Yourself
By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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Art Path Reach Stage Surrender Yourself
Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Desire Fact Grace Work Yourself

Turn 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.

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Turn 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.

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