To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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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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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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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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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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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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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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