The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe solution to your problem is to see who has it.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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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.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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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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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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