Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHISeeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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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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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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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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True silence is really endless speech.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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