The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou are already That which you seek.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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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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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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