The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
RAMANA MAHARSHIDoubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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Silence is also conversation.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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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.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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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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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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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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