Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
RAMANA MAHARSHIApart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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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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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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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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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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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.
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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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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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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.
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