If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHISilence is also conversation.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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As you are, so is the world.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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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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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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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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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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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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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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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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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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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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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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