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.
RAMANA MAHARSHINearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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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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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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Silence is also conversation.
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As you are, so is the world.
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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 observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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