That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Silence 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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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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The world is not outside you.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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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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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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