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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.

Ramana Maharshi

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Feeling Finding Search Stay Thinking
The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Oneself World
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Activity Ego Light Notice See
The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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Bliss Existence Heart Realize Seek
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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Focus Light Object Reveal
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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Kill Mindset Pretend Rise Thief Yourself
Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Goodness Realize State Thinking
Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Finding Human Inner Kind Nature Peace Yourself
Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Illusion Realize Yourself
Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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Aware Evidence Known Remain Yourself
Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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Better Happiness Pleasure Relative Satisfaction
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Direction Ourselves Realize Reveal Thinking
You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Aware Knowledge Known Wisdom Yourself
No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Effort Endurance Hard Work Perseverance Success
There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Ego Evil Goodness Subject
There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Existence Oneself See

That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.

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