In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou are already That which you seek.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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