Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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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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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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As you are, so is the world.
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You are already That which you seek.
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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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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the 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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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Without 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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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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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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