That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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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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The source of the ego is God.
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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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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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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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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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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 “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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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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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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