There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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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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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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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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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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Seeing 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.
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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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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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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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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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