Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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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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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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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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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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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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He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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The source of the ego is God.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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