The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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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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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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