Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
RAMANA MAHARSHIDoubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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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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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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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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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.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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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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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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