Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
RAMANA MAHARSHICorrecting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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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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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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