See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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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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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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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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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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