Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHIExistence 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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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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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 Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Silence is also conversation.
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