Ramana Maharshi on ego
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“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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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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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