In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
Ramana Maharshi on mindset
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.”
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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 MaharshiRamana Maharshi Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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