You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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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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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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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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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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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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You are already That which you seek.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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