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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIForgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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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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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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You are already That which you seek.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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