For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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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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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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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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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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