The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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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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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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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.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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