We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHIUnder whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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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 “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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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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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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