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 MAHARSHIOne should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Silence is also conversation.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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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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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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