There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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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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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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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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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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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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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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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 is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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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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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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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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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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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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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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