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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.

Ramana Maharshi

Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Call Consciousness God Name
If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Awake Fall Mindset Quiet Reach Reality Sleep Start Wander Yourself
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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Aware Consciousness Deep Existence Myself
There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Existence Oneself See
All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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God Known See
This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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Division Mindset Object Perception Sight
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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Atom Finding Mindset Soul Structure Subtle
It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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Freedom Thinking Yourself
The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Grasp Mindset Naked Natural Simplicity State Truth
The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Experience Perfection Reality Silence
Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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Absence Doubt Rise Surrender
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Bliss Peace Silence Truth
Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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Equality Guess Knowledge
Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Happiness Oneself
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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Effort Forever Herself Identity Natural Simplicity State Wrong
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Consciousness Ego Existence Lying Oneself Rise

Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.

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