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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.

Ramana Maharshi

What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Deep Let Go Philosophy Remain Stay Wisdom
Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Goodness Realize State Thinking
God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Fact God Grace Himself Power Shine
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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Activity Affect Faint Heart Origin Place Possession Sleep
Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Avoid Deep Discover Pain Shoes Simplicity Walk World
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Correct Inspirational Light Simplicity Sun Transformation World Yourself
All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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God Known See
He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Heart Oneself Realize Transcendence
If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Arrest Manifestation Thief Yourself
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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Distraction Meditation Oneself Weakness
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Powerful Silence Talk Worth
Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Achievement Beyond Difference Goal Sea Sight Storm Yourself
In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Direct Heart Life Mindset Movement Search Shine Universe
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Kind Knowledge Man Reality
Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Communication Deep End Language Medium Silence Speech Talk
Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Happiness Oneself Search Solitude

Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.

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