Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You are already That which you seek.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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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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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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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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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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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 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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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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