When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
RAMANA MAHARSHISense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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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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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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