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.
RAMANA MAHARSHISee what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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Silence is also conversation.
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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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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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