God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
RAMANA MAHARSHITurn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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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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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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The source of the ego is God.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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