The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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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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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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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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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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