Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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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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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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The source of the ego is God.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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To 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.
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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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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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