If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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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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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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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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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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