Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIn truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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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.
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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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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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One 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.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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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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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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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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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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