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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.

Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: December 31
Died: 1950
Died: April 14
Philosopher
Writer
Mountain
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Silence
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Spirituality

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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc. Time is immaterial for the Path of Knowledge.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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To know one's Self is to be blissful always.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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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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