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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.

Ramana Maharshi

All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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Activity Body Concept Determination Event Time
God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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Fact God Grace Himself Power Shine
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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Kill Mindset Pretend Rise Thief Yourself
The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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Bliss Existence Heart Realize Seek
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Body Mindset Spirit Spirituality Truth
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Deep Dissolve Philosophy Question Wisdom
There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Existence Oneself See
The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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Enlightenment Greatness Obstacle
The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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Body Heart Perspective Universe
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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Avoid Deep Discover Pain Shoes Simplicity Walk World
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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Discover Goal Natural Process Realize
No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Effort Endurance Hard Work Perseverance Success
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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Action Activity Character Fast Forever Himself Sage
The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Dive Ego Existence Myself Rise Source Transcendence
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Correct Inspirational Light Simplicity Sun Transformation World Yourself
Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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Creator God Knowledge Known Valid

A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.

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