The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhy 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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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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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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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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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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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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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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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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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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