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

Ramana Maharshi

Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
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
There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Active Control Mindset Realize Shine Yourself
There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Ego Evil Goodness Subject
Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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Myself Responsibility Summary Truth
The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Body Death Spirit Touch Transcendence
To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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Goodness Himself Humility Result
Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Reality World Yourself
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Access Existence Heart Mountain Search Silence Yourself
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.
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Heart Illuminate Light Mindset Oneself Reach Reflection Yourself
He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Action Himself Suffering Thinking
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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Bliss Creation Illusion Mindset Thinking
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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Bliss Enjoyment Investigate Mindset Thinking
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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Deep Dissolve Philosophy Question Wisdom
The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Hands Illusion Oneself Remain Search
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

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