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The Normal Self Is The Mind. The Mind Is With Limitations. But Pure Consciousness Is Beyond Limitations, And Is Reached By Investigation Into The "i."

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The Normal Self Is The Mind. The Mind Is With Limitations. But Pure Consciousness Is Beyond Limitations, And Is Reached By Investigation Into The "i."

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Willpower Should Be Understood To Be The Strength Of The Mind, Which Makes It Capable Of Meeting Success Or Failure With Equanimity. It Is Not Synonymous With Certain Success. Why Should One's Attempts Always Be Attended By Success? Success Breeds Arrogance And Man's Spiritual Progress Is Thus Arrested. Failure, On The Other Hand, Is Beneficial, Inasmuch As It Opens His Eyes To His Limitations And Prepares Him To Surrender Himself. Self Surrender Is Synonymous With Eternal Happiness.

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Such Happiness Is Relative And Is Better Called Pleasure Or Satisfaction.

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Whatever Be The Means Adopted, You Must At Last Return To The Self, So Why Not Abide As The Self Here And Now?

When There Are Thoughts, It Is Distraction: When There Are No Thoughts, It Is Meditation.

The Experience Of Silence Alone Is The Real And Perfect Knowledge.

Grace Is Not Something Outside Or You.. In Fact, Your Very Desire For Grace Is Due To Grace That Is Already Working In You.

One Must Realise His Self In Order To Open The Store Of Unalloyed Happiness.

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In Truth, You Are Spirit. The Body Has Been Projected By The Mind, Which Itself Originates From Spirit.

From Where Does This "i" Arise? Seek For It Within; It Then Vanishes. This Is The Pursuit Of Wisdom. When The Mind Unceasingly Investigates Its Own Nature, It Transpires That There Is No Such Thing As Mind. This Is The Direct Path For All. The Mind Is Merely Thoughts. Of All Thoughts The Thought "i" Is The Root.

Grace Is Always Present. You Imagine It As Something High In The Sky, Far Away, Something That Has To Descend. It Is Really Inside You, In Your Heart. When The Mind Rests In Its Source, Grace Rushes Forth, Sprouting As From A Spring Within You.

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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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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.

The Pure Mind Is Itself Brahman; It Therefore Follows That Brahman Is Not Other Than The Mind Of The Sage.

Let Knowledge Be Guessed By The Sign Of Equality To All Beings.

Meditation Depends Upon The Strength Of Mind. It Must Be Unceasing Even When One Is Engaged In Work. Particular Time For It Is Meant For Novices.

The 'i' Casts Off The Illusion Of The 'i' And Yet Remains 'i'. Such Is The Paradox Of Self-realization. The Realized Do Not See Any Paradox In It. Consider The Case Of The Worshipper. He Approaches God And Prays To Be Absorbed In Him. He Then Surrenders Himself In Faith And By Concentration. And What Remains Afterwards? In The Place Of The Original 'i', Self-surrender Leaves A Residuum Of God In Which The 'i' Is Lost. That Is The Highest Form Of Devotion Or Surrender And The Peak Of Detachment.

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Suffering Is The Way For Realization Of God.

The World Is So Unhappy Because It Is Ignorant Of The True Self. Man’s Real Nature Is Happiness. Happiness Is Inborn In The True Self. Man’s Search For Happiness Is An Unconscious Search For His True Self. The True Self Is Imperishable; Therefore, When A Man Finds It, He Finds A Happiness Which Does Not Come To An End.

Self-reform Automatically Brings About Social Reform.

Your True Nature Is That Of Infinite Spirit. The Feeling Of Limitation Is The Work Of The Mind.

The Place Where Even The Slightest Trace Of The 'i' Does Not Exist, Alone Is Self.

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A Realized One Sends Out Waves Of Spiritual Influence In His Aura, Which Draw Many People Towards Him. Yet He May Sit In A Cave And Maintain Complete Silence.

See Who Is The Doubter, Who Is The Thinker. It Is The Ego. Hold It; The Other Thoughts Will Die Away - The Ego Will Be Left Pure. See The Source From Where The Ego Arises And Abide In It. That Is Pure Consciousness.

Remain Still, With The Conviction That The Self Shines As Everything Yet Nothing, Within, Without, And Everywhere.

It Will Come All Right In The End. There Is The Steady Impulse Of Your Determination That Sets You On Your Feet Again After Every Downfall And Breakdown. Gradually The Obstacles Are All Overcome And Your Current Becomes Stronger. Everything Comes Right In The End. Steady Determination Is What Is Required.

Bliss Is A Thing Which Is Always There And Is Not Something Which Comes And Goes. That Which Comes And Goes Is A Creation Of The Mind.

Liberation Exists- And You Will Never Be Liberated.

The Entire Universe Is Condensed In The Body, And The Entire Body In The Heart. Thus The Heart Is The Nucleus Of The Whole Universe.

Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodhah - (yoga Is To Check The Mind From Changing) - Which Is Acceptable To All. That Is Also The Goal Of All. The Method Is Chosen According To One's Own Fitness. The Goal For All Is The Same. Yet Different Names Are Given To The Goal Only To Suit The Process Preliminary To Reaching The Goal. Bhakti, Yoga, Jnana Are All The Same.

The Question 'who Am I?' Is Not Really Meant To Get An Answer, The Question 'who Am I?' Is Meant To Dissolve The Questioner.

Meditation Helps Concentration Of The Mind. Then The Mind Is Free From Thoughts And Is In The Meditated Form.

To Ask The Mind To Kill Itself Is Like Making The Thief The Policeman. He Will Go With You And Pretend To Catch The Thief, But Nothing Will Be Gained. So You Must Turn Inward And See Where The Mind Rises From, And Then It Will Cease To Exist.

Dive 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.

We Are Always Peace. To Get Rid Of The Idea That We Are Not Peace Is All That Is Required.

Grace Is Ever Present. All That Is Necessary Is That You Surrender To It.

You Are Already That Which You Seek.

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Realization Is To Get Rid Of The Delusion That You Have Not Realized.

Aim 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.

Even The Structure Of The Atom Has Been Found By The Mind.

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.

All Bad Qualities Centre Round The Ego. When The Ego Is Gone, Realisation Results By Itself. There Are Neither Good Nor Bad Qualities In The Self. The Self Is Free From All Qualities. Qualities Pertain To The Mind Only.

Knowing The Self, God Is Known.

Meditation Applies The Brakes To The Mind.

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The Ultimate Truth Is So Simple; It Is Nothing More Than Being In One’s Natural, Original State.

That Which Is Not Present In Deep Dreamless Sleep Is Not Real

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This Perception Of Division Between The Seer And The Object That Is Seen, Is Situated In The Mind. For Those Remaining In The Heart, The Seer Becomes One With The Sight.

That Alone Is Real Which Exists By Itself, Which Reveals Itself By Itself And Which Is Eternal And Unchanging.

If You Go On Working With The Light Available, You Will Meet Your Master, As He Himself Will Be Seeking You.

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.

If One Wants To Abide In The Thought-free State, A Struggle Is Inevitable. One Must Fight One's Way Through Before Regaining One's Original Primal State. If One Succeeds In The Fight And Reaches The Goal, The Enemy, Namely The Thoughts, Will All Subside In The Self And Disappear Entirely.

See Who Is The Subject; And This Inquiry Leads You To Pure Consciousness Beyond The Subject.

There Is No Reaching The Self. If Self Were To Be Reached, It Would Mean That The Self Is Not Here And Now But That It Is Yet To Be Obtained. What Is Got Afresh Will Also Be Lost. So It Will Be Impermanent. What Is Not Permanent Is Not Worth Striving For. So I Say The Self Is Not Reached. You Are The Self; You Are Already That.

Reality Is Simply The Loss Of Ego. Destroy The Ego By Seeking Its Identity. Because The Ego Is No Entity It Will Automatically Vanish And Reality Will Shine Forth By Itself.

The Inquiry "who Am I" Turns The Mind Introvert And Makes It Calm.

When We Turn The Mind Inwards, God Manifests As The Inner Consciousness.

The Normal Self Is The Mind. The Mind Is With Limitations. But Pure Consciousness Is Beyond Limitations, And Is Reached By Investigation Into The "i."

Love Is Verily The Heart Of All Religions.

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.

Place Your Burden At The Feet Of The Lord Of The Universe Who Is Ever Victorious And Accomplishes Everything. Remain All The Time Steadfast In The Heart, In The Transcendental Absolute. God Knows The Past, Present And Future. He Will Determine The Future For You And Accomplish The Work. What Is To Be Done Will Be Done At The Proper Time. Don't Worry. Abide In The Heart And Surrender Your Acts To The Divine.

The Life Of Action Need Not Be Renounced. If You Meditate For An Hour Or Two Every Day You Can Then Carry On With Your Duties. If You Meditate In The Right Manner Then The Current Of Mind Induced Will Continue To Flow Even In The Midst Of Your Work.

Actions Themselves Form No Bondage. Bondage Is Only The False Belief,"i Am The Do-er."

Mind Is A Wonderful Force Inherent In The Self.

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.

There Is A State When Words Cease And Silence Prevails.

The Source Of The Ego Is God.

The Ego's Phenomenal Existence Is Transcended When You Dive Into The Source From Where The `i'-thought Rises

Good Thoughts Keep Off Bad Thoughts. They Must Themselves Disappear Before The State Of Realization.

God Illumines The Mind And Shines Within It. One Cannot Know God By Means Of The Mind. One Can But Turn The Mind Inwards And Merge It In God.

You Are The Witness Of The Three Bodies: The Gross, The Subtle, And The Causal, And Of The Three Times: Past, Present And Future, And Also This Void. In The Story Of The Tenth Man, When Each Of Them Counted And Thought They Were Only Nine, Each One Forgetting To Count Himself, There Is A Stage When They Think One Is Missing And Do Not Know Who It Is; And That Corresponds To The Void. We Are So Accustomed To The Notion That All That We See Around Us Is Permanent And That We Are This Body, That When All This Ceases To Exist We Imagine And Fear That We Also Have Ceased To Exist.

The Main Factor In Meditation Is To Keep The Mind Active In Its Own Pursuit Without Taking In External Impressions Or Thinking Of Other Matters.

...bliss Is Not Something To Be Got. On The Other Hand You Are Always Bliss. This Desire [for Bliss] Is Born Of The Sense Of Incompleteness. To Whom Is This Sense Of Incompleteness? Enquire. In Deep Sleep You Were Blissful. Now You Are Not So. What Has Interposed Between That Bliss And This Non-bliss? It Is The Ego. Seek Its Source And Find You Are Bliss.

There Is Nothing New To Gain. On The Other Hand A Man Must Lose His Ignorance. That Is All.

You Know That You Know Nothing. Find Out That Knowledge.

There Is Neither Creation Nor Destruction, Neither Destiny Nor Free Will, Neither Path Nor Achievement. This Is The Final Truth.

The Mind Turned Inwards Is The Self; Turned Outwards, It Becomes The Ego And All The World. Cotton Made Into Various Clothes We Call By Various Names. Gold Made Into Various Ornaments, We Call By Various Names. But All The Clothes Are Cotton And All The Ornaments Gold. The One Is Real, The Many Are Mere Names And Forms.

He Who Thinks He Is The Doer Is Also The Sufferer.

You Are The Supreme Being, And Yet Thinking Yourself To Be Separate From It, You Strive To Become United With It. What Is Stranger Than This?

Then All This Earth Shines Like One House.

The Experience Of Not Forgetting Consciousness Alone Is The State Of Devotion Which Is The Relationship Of Unfading Real Love, Because The Real Knowledge Of Self, Which Shines As The Undivided Supreme Bliss Itself, Surges Up As The Nature Of Love. Love Itself Is The Actual Form Of God. That Is Pure Bliss. Call It Pure Bliss, God, Self, Or What You Will. That Is Devotion, That Is Realization And That Is Everything.

When Your Real, Effortless, Joyful Grateful Nature Is Realized, It Will Not Be Inconsistent With The Ordinary Activities Of Life.

Your Duty Is To Be, And Not To Be This Or That.

Meditation Practice

Self Realization

Does One Require Proof Of One's Own Being? Only Remain Aware Of Yourself And All Else Will Be Known.

Apart From The Body Does The World Exist? Has Anyone Seen The World Without The Body?

Realisation Is Not Acquisition Of Anything New Nor Is It A New Faculty. It Is Only Removal Of All Camouflage

By Constantly Keep One's Attention On The Source, The Ego Is Dissolved In That Source Like A Salt-doll In The Sea.

The Self Is The One Reality That Always Exists, And It Is By The Light Of The Self That All Other Things Are Seen.

Seeing God Without Seeing The Self, One Sees Only Mental Image. Only He Who Has Seen Himself Has Seen God, Since He Has Lost Individuality, And Now Sees Nothing But God.

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.

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.

A Higher Power Is Leading You; Be Led By The Same. It Knows What To Do And How To Do It.

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