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.
RAMANA MAHARSHITo know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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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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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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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 relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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The 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 body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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