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 MAHARSHIThe inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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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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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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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.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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