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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.

Ramana Maharshi

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Deep Existence Myself
The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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Body Heart Science Summary
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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Existence Fear Object Reason
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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Feeling Infinite Limitation Mindset Nature Spirit True Work
If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Awake Fall Mindset Quiet Reach Reality Sleep Start Wander Yourself
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
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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Grace Heart Imagination Mindset Present Sky Source Yourself
You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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Existence Separate Strange Strive Thinking Unity Yourself
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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Bliss Enjoyment Investigate Mindset Thinking
There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Creation Existence God Mindset Mystery Suffering Wrong
You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Aspiration Present State Thinking Yourself
The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Book Finding Yourself
No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Effort Endurance Hard Work Perseverance Success
Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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Care Future Present Trouble Yourself
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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Active Control Mindset Realize Shine Yourself
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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Death Natural Present Result

Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.

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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.

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