In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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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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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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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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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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You are already That which you seek.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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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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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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