The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAs you are, so is the world.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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You are already That which you seek.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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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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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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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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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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The world is not outside you.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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