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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth the method is summarized in Be Still.

Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: December 31
Died: 1950
Died: April 14
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Still
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness
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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Have 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.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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'I Am' is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the performance of one particular act is alone (considered) work? To be still is to be always engaged in work. To be silent is to be always talking.
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By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all' and `Thy will be done'.
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When you truly feel this equal love for all, when your heart has expanded so much that it embraces the whole of creation, you will certainly not feel like giving up this or that. You will simply drop off from secular life as a ripe fruit drops from the branch of a tree. You will feel that the whole world is your home.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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