The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou 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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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Reality 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.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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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.
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