Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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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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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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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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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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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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You are already That which you seek.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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The world is not outside you.
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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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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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