Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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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