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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.

Ramana Maharshi

The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Himself Mindset Sage Thinking
There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Oneself See
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Kill Mindset Pretend Rise Thief Yourself
The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Existence Heart Realize Seek
The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Enlightenment Greatness Obstacle
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ego Freedom Ignorance Sadness Trouble Yourself
True silence is really endless speech.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Silence Talk True
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Light Oneself Reality
The source of the ego is God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ego God One Liner Source
The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Calm Mindset Philosophy Question
The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Activity Affect Faint Heart Origin Place Possession Sleep
Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Body Existence See World
You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aspiration Present State Thinking Yourself
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Known Seek Wisdom Yourself
Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Community Establishment Growth Mindset Peace Power
All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Calm Oneself Peace Realize

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