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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.

Ramana Maharshi

To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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Goodness Himself Humility Result
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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Adventure Explorer Happiness Pleasure Risk Seek Thrilling World
He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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Alone Body Eyes God Himself Infinite Live Temple Universe
Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Doubt Forever Nature Need Oneself Realize
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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Kill Mindset Pretend Rise Thief 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
You are already That which you seek.
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Inspirational One Liner Search Seek Yourself
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Activity Ego Light Notice See
Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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Absence Doubt Rise Surrender
The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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Direction Expression Heart Knowledge Learning Meaning Mindset
Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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Disturbance Mindset Peace Thinking
Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Reform Social
Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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Achievement Beyond Difference Goal Sea Sight Storm Yourself
The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Experience Perfection Reality Silence
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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Discover Goal Natural Process Realize
The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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Mindset Sage Universe

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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