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 MAHARSHIHe who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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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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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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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 truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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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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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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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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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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