We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
RAMANA MAHARSHIReality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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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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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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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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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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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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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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