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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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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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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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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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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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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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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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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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