The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBy 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’.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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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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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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