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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”

Ramana Maharshi

I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Myself Name Philosophy
The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Focus Light Object Reveal
Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Equality Guess Knowledge
If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Ego Enough Fake Feeling Hold Yourself
That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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Alone Change Existence Forever Reality
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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Bliss Manifestation Meditation Mindset Subtle Truth
There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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Fact Greatness Mystery Reality Seek
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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Consciousness Heart Purity Truth Ultimate
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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Aware Consciousness Deep Existence Myself
Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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Action Activity Character Fast Forever Himself Sage
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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Aura Complete Himself Influence People Realize Silence Spiritual
The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Natural Oneself Original Simplicity State Truth
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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Call Goal Reach Realize Simplicity State Yourself
If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Arrest Manifestation Thief Yourself
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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Best Destiny Fate Prevent Silence Yourself
He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Heart Oneself Realize Transcendence

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