The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhy should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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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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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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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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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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