There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThat which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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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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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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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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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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