The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
RAMANA MAHARSHIFood affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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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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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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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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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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