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?”
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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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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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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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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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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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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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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