Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWithout seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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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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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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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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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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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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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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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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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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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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