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 MAHARSHIAll that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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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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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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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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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.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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