The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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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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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.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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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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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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