The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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As you are, so is the world.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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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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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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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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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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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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