The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHappiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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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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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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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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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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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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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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