Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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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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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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