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.
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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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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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.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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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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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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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 inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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