The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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You are already That which you seek.
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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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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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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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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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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