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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.

Ramana Maharshi

It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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Ego Heart Myself Thinking
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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Discover Doubt Existence Finding God Himself Source
A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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Aura Complete Himself Influence People Realize Silence Spiritual
The world is not outside you.
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One Liner Perspective World Yourself
Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Feeling Finding Search Stay Thinking
God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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Fact God Grace Himself Power Shine
We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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Creation Earth Existence Remove Space Well
When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Consciousness God Manifestation Mindset
Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Born Burn Freedom Karma Truth Yourself
Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Death Deep Forget Nature Reality Remember Spiritual Yourself
There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Hands Ignorance Lose Man
Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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Community Establishment Growth Mindset Peace Power
Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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Form Knowledge Name Oneself See Truth Worship
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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Activity Affect Faint Heart Origin Place Possession Sleep
The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Natural Oneself Original Simplicity State Truth
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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End Thinking Way Yourself

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