Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHITo 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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