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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.

Ramana Maharshi

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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Idea Reality Thinking Time Yourself
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Conserve Energy Mindset Thinking
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Atom Finding Mindset Soul Structure Subtle
An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Awake Consciousness Heart Light Mindset Person Purity Reflection
Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Force Mindset Oneself Wonder
The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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Known Seek Wisdom Yourself
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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Aware Consciousness Death Doubt Ego Hold Source Thinking
Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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Action Activity Character Fast Forever Himself Sage
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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Bliss Creation Illusion Mindset Thinking
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.
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Existence Focus Goal Knowledge Mindset Philosophy Reality Universe
By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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Attention Ego Sea Source
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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Division Mindset Object Perception Sight
Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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Experience Grief Mindset State Thinking Yourself
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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Aware Consciousness Deep Existence Myself
The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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Action Carry Day Flow Life Meditation Need Responsibility Work Yourself
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Body Mindset Spirit Spirituality Truth

The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.

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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.

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