There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
RAMANA MAHARSHIA 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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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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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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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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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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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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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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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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