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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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You are already That which you seek.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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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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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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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.
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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 pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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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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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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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.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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