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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”

Ramana Maharshi

Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Goodness Realize State Thinking
Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Finding Heart Infinite Myself Peace 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
That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Change Existence Forever Reality
Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Experience Grief Mindset State Thinking Yourself
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Focus Goal Knowledge Mindset Philosophy Reality Universe
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Call Consciousness God Name
Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Light Self Love Transformation World Yourself
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

End Thinking Way Yourself
Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Feeling Finding Search Stay Thinking
The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Clear Existence Known Oneself Yourself
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 MAHARSHI

Existence Fear Object Reason
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Discover Doubt Existence Finding God Himself Source
All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Calm Oneself Peace Realize
There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Fact Greatness Mystery Reality Seek
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Creation Illusion Mindset Thinking

Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”

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