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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEven 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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You are already That which you seek.
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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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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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The source of the ego is God.
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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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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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