Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Non-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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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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