The source of the ego is God.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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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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Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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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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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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