Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHappiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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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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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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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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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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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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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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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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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 state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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