There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBecause truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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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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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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Silence is also conversation.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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