Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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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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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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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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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.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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