The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBy constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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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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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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