See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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