The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe solution to your problem is to see who has it.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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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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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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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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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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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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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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