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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.

Ramana Maharshi

He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Body Eyes God Himself Infinite Live Temple Universe
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Beyond Consciousness Investigation Limitation Mindset Myself Purity
See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Death Doubt Ego Hold Source Thinking
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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Distraction Meditation Oneself Weakness
Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Reform Social
Then all this earth shines like one house.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Earth Home Oneself Shine
True silence is really endless speech.
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End Silence Talk True
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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Bond Imagination Knowledge See
You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Finding Peace Possible Wind Worry Yourself
When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Activity Consistent Effort Gratitude Joy Life Nature Reality Realize
The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Known Seek Wisdom Yourself
If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ego Rise Spirituality Wisdom
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Body Mindset Spirit Spirituality Truth
Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Heart Mindset Radiant Reflection
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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Bliss Creation Illusion Mindset Thinking
A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aura Complete Himself Influence People Realize Silence Spiritual

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