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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.

Ramana Maharshi

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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Happiness Philosophy Search Seek Wisdom Yourself
Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Existence Presence Yourself
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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Attention Ego Sea Source
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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Bond Imagination Knowledge See
If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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Appearance Mindset Peace World
He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Heart Oneself Realize Transcendence
There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Active Control Mindset Realize Shine Yourself
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Greatness Realize Service Yourself
Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Mindset Natural Peace State Yourself
To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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Goodness Himself Humility Result
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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Ego Enemy Friendship Hate Kill Seek
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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Discover Goal Natural Process Realize
You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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Existence Separate Strange Strive Thinking Unity Yourself
Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Goodness Realize State Thinking
If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Awake Fall Mindset Quiet Reach Reality Sleep Start Wander Yourself
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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End Thinking Way Yourself

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