The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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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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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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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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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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The source of the ego is God.
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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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 body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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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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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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