If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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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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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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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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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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