Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEngage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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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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Silence is also conversation.
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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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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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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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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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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