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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.

Ramana Maharshi

The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Book Finding Yourself
The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Destroy Ego Growth Plant Seek Yourself
Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Evidence Known Remain Yourself
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Degree Focus Freedom Measurement Progress Spiritual
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Follow Rise Thinking
Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Different Light Mindset Ordinary Origin See Sight True
To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Happiness Oneself
One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Acceptance Adopt Attitude Divine Oneself Practice Strange
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Powerful Silence Talk Worth
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 MAHARSHI

Creation Earth Existence Remove Space Well
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Deep Dissolve Philosophy Question Wisdom
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Correct Inspirational Light Simplicity Sun Transformation World Yourself
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Carry Grace Himself Ocean Vessel
Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Focus Form Help Meditation Mindset
Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Better Happiness Pleasure Relative Satisfaction
The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ego Enemy Friendship Hate Kill Seek

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