The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
RAMANA MAHARSHINo one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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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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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
RAMANA MAHARSHI