The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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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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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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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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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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