In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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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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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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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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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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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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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