Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
Ramana Maharshi on bliss
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.”
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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Dinesh ThakurDinesh Thakur Blissful comfort of pain and sorrow ravishes my rationality and drinks up my hope, for even thee whom I romanticize so deeply leaves me in a pool of intrusive thoughts telling me no matter what I say or do even the mirror despises you.
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