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The world is not outside you.

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Ramana Maharshi
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: December 31
Died: 1950
Died: April 14
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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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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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage
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All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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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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Existence 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.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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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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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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