When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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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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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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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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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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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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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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