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 MAHARSHIPure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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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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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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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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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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