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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe world is not outside you.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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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 state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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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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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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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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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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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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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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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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