The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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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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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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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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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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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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