There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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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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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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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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