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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.

Ramana Maharshi

The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Creation Ego Existence Perception Try World Yourself
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Mindset Purity River Sea Search Yourself
Under 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.
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Form Knowledge Name Oneself See Truth Worship
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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Idea Reality Thinking Time Yourself
What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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Alone Deep Let Go Philosophy Remain Stay Wisdom
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Focus Heart Learning Mindset Point Silence True
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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Grasp Mindset Naked Natural Simplicity State Truth
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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End Thinking Way Yourself
All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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Activity Body Concept Determination Event Time
Knowing the Self, God is known.
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God Known One Liner Oneself Spirituality
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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Follow Rise Thinking
There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Moments Truth
Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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Consciousness Heart Purity Truth Ultimate
Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Happiness Oneself
You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Aware Knowledge Known Wisdom Yourself
Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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Heart Love Oneself Religion
Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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Faculty Realize Removal Skeleton
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Activity Ego Light Notice See
I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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Mindfulness Myself Notice See Yourself
Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Doubt Forever Nature Need Oneself Realize
A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Belief Leadership Power Trust Yourself
By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Attention Ego Sea Source
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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Discover Doubt Existence Finding God Himself Source
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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Destroy Ego Growth Plant Seek Yourself
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
If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Observation Reveal Truth Willing

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