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
RAMANA MAHARSHI
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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