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 MAHARSHIOnce the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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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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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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