Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
RAMANA MAHARSHII Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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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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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.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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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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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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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?
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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