Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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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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Silence is also conversation.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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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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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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