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What Is Illusion? M.: To Whom Is The Illusion? Find It Out. Then Illusion Will Vanish. Generally People Want To Know About Illusion And Do Not Examine To Whom It Is. It Is Foolish. Illusion Is Outside And Unknown. But The Seeker Is Considered To Be Known And Is Inside. Find Out What Is Immediate, Intimate, Instead Of Trying To Find Out What Is Distant And Unknown.

-Ramana Maharshi

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What Is Illusion? M.:

Ramana Maharshi

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What Is Illusion? M.: To Whom Is The Illusion? Find It Out. Then Illusion Will Vanish. Generally People Want To Know About Illusion And Do Not Examine To Whom It Is. It Is Foolish. Illusion Is Outside And Unknown. But The Seeker Is Considered To Be Known And Is Inside. Find Out What Is Immediate, Intimate, Instead Of Trying To Find Out What Is Distant And Unknown.

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Suffering Is The Way For Realization Of God.

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

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.

We Are In Our Self. We Are Not In The World.

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.

Meditation Applies The Brakes To The Mind.

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The Degree Of Freedom From Unwanted Thoughts And The Degree Of Concentration On A Single Thought Are The Measures To Gauge Spiritual Progress.

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

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.

Call It By Any Name, God, Self, The Heart, Or The Seat Of Consciousness, It Is All The Same.

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.

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

Realisation Is Nothing New To Be Acquired. It Is Already There, But Obstructed By A Screen Of Thoughts. All Our Attempts Are Directed To Lifting This Screen And Then Realisation Is Revealed.

To The Extent We Behave With Humility, To That Extent Good Will Result.

Peace Is Your Natural State. It Is The Mind That Obstructs The Natural State.

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

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.

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.

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.

I See Only What You See, But I Notice What I See.

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