Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhenever 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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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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