He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
RAMANA MAHARSHILet what comes come, let what goes go.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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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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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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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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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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