That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPeace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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