We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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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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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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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.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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