See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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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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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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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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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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