The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
RAMANA MAHARSHIExistence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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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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Grace 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.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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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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