The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
RAMANA MAHARSHIInstead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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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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We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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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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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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