I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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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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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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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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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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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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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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