I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHISelf-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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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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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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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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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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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