This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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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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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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