The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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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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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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