Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIt is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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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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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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As you are, so is the world.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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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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