The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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By 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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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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