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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

Ramana Maharshi

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Deep Existence Myself
All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Calm Oneself Peace Realize
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Call Consciousness God Name
It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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Heart Mindset Moon Science Sun
You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Aspiration Present State Thinking Yourself
Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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Aspect Happiness Mindset Nature Pain Pleasure
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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Existence Fear Object Reason
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Powerful Silence Talk Worth
That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Dreams Present Reality Sleep
All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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Karma Oneself Truth Understand
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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Carry Grace Himself Ocean Vessel
Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Desire Fact Grace Work Yourself
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Focus Goal Knowledge Mindset Philosophy Reality Universe
The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Body Fact Move Oneself World Yourself
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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Direction Ourselves Realize Reveal Thinking
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Feeling Infinite Limitation Mindset Nature Spirit True Work

There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

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