Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
RAMANA MAHARSHIDoubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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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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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
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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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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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