Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
RAMANA MAHARSHIReality 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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The source of the ego is God.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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