The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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