There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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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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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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The source of the ego is God.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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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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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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