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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.

Ramana Maharshi

It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Freedom Thinking Yourself
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Focus Goal Knowledge Mindset Philosophy Reality Universe
The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ego Enemy Friendship Hate Kill Seek
Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Consciousness Limitation Mindset Perfection Yourself
Love is verily the heart of all religions.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Heart Love Oneself Religion
I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Myself Name Philosophy
Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Care Future Present Trouble Yourself
Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Goodness Realize State Thinking
There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Achievement Creation Destiny Destruction Freedom Truth
True silence is really endless speech.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Silence Talk True
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Active Control Mindset Realize Shine Yourself
If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Appearance Mindset Peace World
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Acceptance Adopt Attitude Divine Oneself Practice Strange
If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ocean Vessel Yourself
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Deep Existence Myself
Then all this earth shines like one house.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Earth Home Oneself Shine

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