There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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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.
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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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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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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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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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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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