Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
RAMANA MAHARSHIDoubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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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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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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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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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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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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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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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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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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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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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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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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You 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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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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