The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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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.
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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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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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