Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
RAMANA MAHARSHIActions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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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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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 is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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