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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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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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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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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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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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If 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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The source of the ego is God.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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