There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhat comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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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.
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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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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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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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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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