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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.

-Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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?

Misery Does Not Exist In Reality But Only In Mere Imagination.

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

The Mind Is Only A Bundle Of Thoughts. The Thoughts Have Their Root In The I-thought. Whoever Investigates The True "i" Enjoys The Stillness Of Bliss.

Happiness Is Your Nature. It Is Not Wrong To Desire It. What Is Wrong Is Seeking It Outside When It Is Inside.

See What Helps You To Keep Away All Other Thoughts And Adopt That Method For Your Meditation.

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.

You Do Not Like To Suffer Yourself. How Can You Inflict Suffering On Others?

Our Identification With The Mind And Body Is The Chief Reason For Our Failure To Know Our Self As We Truly Are.

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

The Self Is Known To Every One But Not Clearly. You Always Exist.

Correcting Oneself Is Correcting The Whole World. The Sun Is Simply Bright. It Does Not Correct Anyone. Because It Shines, The Whole World Is Full Of Light. Transforming Yourself Is A Means Of Giving Light To The Whole World.

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.

Knowing The Self, God Is Known.

Apart From Thoughts, There Is No Independent Entity Called The World. In Deep Sleep There Are No Thoughts, And There Is No World. In The States Of Waking And Dream, There Are Thoughts, And There Is A World Also. Just As The Spider Emits The Thread (of The Web) Out Of Itself And Again Withdraws It Into Itself, Likewise The Mind Projects The World Out Of Itself And Again Resolves It Into Itself.

He That Sees The Lord In The Temple, The Living Body, By Seeking Him Within, Can Alone See Him, The Infinite, In The Temple Of The Universe, Having Become The Endless Eye.

There Is Neither Past Nor Future. There Is Only The Present.

Instead Of Indulging In Mere Speculation, Devote Yourself Here And Now To The Search For The Truth That Is Ever Within You.

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

Let What Comes Come, Let What Goes Go.

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

The Enemy Hates The Ego, Which The Seeker Wants To Kill; Thus, Like The Anvil To The Goldsmith, He Is Actually A Friend.

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

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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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.

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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.

By Happy Fraternity Amongst Themselves, The Embodied Beings Get The Supreme Peace. Then All This Earth Shines Like One House. When The Men, The Embodied Beings Treat Each Other With Equal Respect And Have Good Brotherly Feelings Amongst Themselves, Great Peace And Harmony Abound. Then All This Earth Shines Like One House. The Whole World Shines Like The One Dwelling House Of The Entire Human Family.

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.

Calmness Is The Criterion Of Spiritual Progress. Plunge The Purified Mind Into The Heart. Then The Work Is Over.

For Those Who Have Obtained Unobstructed Knowledge Of Self, The World Is Seen Merely As A Bondage Causing Imagination.

Without Knowing The Knower, All The Knowledge That One Gathers Cannot Be Valid.

All That Exists Is But The Manifestation Of The Supreme Being.

There Must Be A Subject To Know The Good And Evil. Thatsubject Is The Ego.

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.

Time Is Only An Idea. There Is Only The Reality. Whatever You Think It Is, It Looks Like That.

He Whose Pure Mind Turns Inward And Searches Whence Does This 'i' Arise, Knows The Self And Merges In You, The Lord, As A River Into The Sea.

Love Is Verily The Heart Of All Religions.

The Mind Of One Meditating On A Single Object Becomes One-pointed. And One-pointedness Of Mind Leads To Abidance In The Self. Real Attainment Is To Be Fully Conscious, To Be Aware Of Surroundings And The People Around, To Move Among Them All, But Not To Merge Consciousness In The Environment. One Should Remain In Inner Independent Awareness.

When The Mind Is Left Without Anything To Cling To, It Becomes Still.

If One Watches Whence The Notion 'i' Arises, The Mind Gets Absorbed There; That Is Tapas. When A Mantra Is Repeated, If One Watches Whence That Mantra Sound Arises, The Mind Gets Absorbed There; That Is Tapas.

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.

Meditation Is Sticking To One Thought. That Single Thought Keeps Away Other Thoughts; Distraction Of Mind Is A Sign Of Its Weakness; By Constant Meditation It Gains Strength.

Guru, God And Self Are One

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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