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 MAHARSHIThe body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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 is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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