The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
RAMANA MAHARSHIInstead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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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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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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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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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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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 one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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