He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
RAMANA MAHARSHISilence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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You are already That which you seek.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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The 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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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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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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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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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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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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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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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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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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