Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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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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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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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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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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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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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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