Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEngage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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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.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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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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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.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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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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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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