Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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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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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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