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 MAHARSHIYou need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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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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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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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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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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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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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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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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