The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHITurn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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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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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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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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True silence is really endless speech.
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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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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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