A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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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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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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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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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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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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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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