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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.

Ramana Maharshi

He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Action Himself Suffering Thinking
The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Hands Illusion Oneself Remain Search
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Ego Enough Fake Feeling Hold Yourself
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Best Destiny Fate Prevent Silence Yourself
Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Grace Heart Imagination Mindset Present Sky Source Yourself
It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Freedom Thinking Yourself
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Enjoyment Investigate Mindset Thinking
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Focus Heart Learning Mindset Point Silence True
The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Heart Illuminate Light Mindset Oneself Reach Reflection Yourself
When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Calm Mindset Peace
There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Effort Forever Herself Identity Natural Simplicity State Wrong
Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Body Existence See World
No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Effort Endurance Hard Work Perseverance Success
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Correct Inspirational Light Simplicity Sun Transformation World Yourself
There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Moments Truth
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Kill Mindset Pretend Rise Thief Yourself

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