There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHISilence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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