Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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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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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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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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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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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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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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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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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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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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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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