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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

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aspiration Present State Thinking Yourself
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Community Establishment Growth Mindset Peace Power
Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Direct Knowledge Oneself
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Greatness Realize Service Yourself
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Enjoyment Investigate Mindset Thinking
Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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Community Family Himself Prosperity
If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Ego Enough Fake Feeling Hold Yourself
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.
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Communication Deep End Language Medium Silence Speech Talk
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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Body Heart Science Summary
Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Happiness Oneself Search Solitude
The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Natural Oneself Original Simplicity State Truth
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
Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Concept Deep Existence Follow God Himself Philosophy Problem Solution Thinking Wisdom
One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Acceptance Adopt Attitude Divine Oneself Practice Strange
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Active Impression Meditation Mindset Pursuit Thinking
Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Presence Yourself

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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