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.
RAMANA MAHARSHINon-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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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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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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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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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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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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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 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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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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