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 MAHARSHIMeditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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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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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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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 you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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