If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
RAMANA MAHARSHISurrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHave faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
RAMANA MAHARSHIExistence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
RAMANA MAHARSHICorrecting 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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHe who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
RAMANA MAHARSHIDive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWe are in our Self. We are not in the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
RAMANA MAHARSHIUnless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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