Ramana Maharshi on consciousness
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“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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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi You are already That which you seek.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi As you are, so is the world.
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