The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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As you are, so is the world.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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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.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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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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