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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.

Ramana Maharshi

There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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Failure Silence State Word
When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Consciousness God Manifestation Mindset
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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Acceptance Adopt Attitude Divine Oneself Practice Strange
Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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Finding Heart Infinite Myself Peace Universe
The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Body Death Spirit Touch Transcendence
The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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Alone Body Form God Himself Man Possible Sense Worship
No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Effort Endurance Hard Work Perseverance Success
Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Existence Presence Yourself
You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Book Meditation Reading Realize Yourself
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Realize State
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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Discover Goal Natural Process Realize
One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Happiness Open Realize Store
See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Beyond Consciousness Leadership Purity Subject Yourself
Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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Communication Deep End Language Medium Silence Speech Talk
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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Aware Consciousness Death Doubt Ego Hold Source Thinking
You are already That which you seek.
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Inspirational One Liner Search Seek Yourself

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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