There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThat alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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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 grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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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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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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The source of the ego is God.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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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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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.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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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 pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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