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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.

-Ramana Maharshi

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You Are The Witness

Ramana Maharshi

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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.

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If There Is Anything Besides The Self There Is Reason To Fear? Who Sees The Second? First, The Ego Arises And Sees Objects As External. If The Ego Does Not Rise, The Self Alone Exists And There Is No Second.

If The Mind Falls Asleep, Awaken It. Then If It Starts Wandering, Make It Quiet. If You Reach The State Where There Is Neither Sleep Nor Movement Of Mind, Stay Still In That, The Natural (real) State.

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."

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

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.

Even In Intake, The One Steadfast Thought Is Said To Be The Natural State. Nirvikalpa Samadhi Will Result When The Sensory Objects Are Not Present.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Grace Is Within You. Grace Is Your Self. Grace Is Not Something To Be Acquired From Others. If It Is External, It Is Useless. All That Is Necessary Is To Know Its Existence Is In You. You Are Never Out Of Its Operation.

If You Go The Way Of Your Thoughts You Will Be Carried Away By Them And You Will Find Yourself In An Endless Maze.

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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.

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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The Very Fact That We Wish For Liberation Shows That Freedom From All Bondage Is Our Real Nature. It Is Not To Be Freshly Acquired. All That Is Necessary Is To Get Rid Of The False Notion That We Are Bound.

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Suffering Is The Way For Realization Of God.

Is It The World That Says I Am Real, Or Is It You?

All Unhappiness Is Due To The Ego. With It Comes All Your Trouble. If You Would Deny The Ego And Scorch It By Ignoring It You Would Be Free.

Know That The Eradication Of The Identification With The Body Is Charity, Spiritual Austerity And Ritual Sacrifice; It Is Virtue, Divine Union And Devotion; It Is Heaven, Wealth, Peace And Truth; It Is Grace; It Is The State Of Divine Silence; It Is The Deathless Death; It Is Jnana, Renunciation, Final Liberation And Bliss.

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

Mind Is But A Poor Reflection Of The Radiant Heart.

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

Beyond The Belief That Something Can Be Lost, There Is Nothing To Lose.

Nothing To Lose

Nobody Doubts That He Exists, Though He May Doubt The Existence Of God. If He Finds Out The Truth About Himself And Discovers His Own Source, This Is All That Is Required.

You Are Already That Which You Seek.

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Boost Self Confidence

Happiness Is Your Real Nature. You Identify With Yourself With The Body And Mind, Feel It's Limitations, And Suffer. Realize Your True Self In Order To Open The Store Of Happiness. That True Self Is The Reality, The Supreme Truth, Which Is The Self Of All The World You Now See, The Self Of All The Selves, The One Real, The Supreme, The Eternal Self - As Distinct From The Ego Or The Bodily Idea For The Self.

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

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.

When The Mind, One-pointed And Fully Focused, Knows The Supreme Silence In The Heart, This Is True Learning.

Why Should You Trouble Yourself About The Future? You Do Not Even Properly Know About The Present. Take Care Of The Present, The Future Will Take Care Of Itself.

The State We Call Realization Is Simply Being Oneself, Not Knowing Anything Or Becoming Anything.

Whenever A Thought Arises, Instead Of Trying Even A Little Either To Follow It Up Or To Fulfil It, It Would Be Better To First Enquire, "to Whom Did This Thought Arise?"

Remove The Ego And Avidya (ignorance) Is Gone. Look For It, The Ego Vanishes And The Real Self Alone Remains.

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.

Meditation Practice

Self Realization

If You Make The Thief The Policeman There Will Be Lots Of Investigation But No Arrests Will Ever Be Made.

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

The State Of Liberated Being Can Be Reached Only By "dying"; But (this) Dying Does Not Consist In Destruction Of The Body; One Should Understand That True Death Is The Extinction Of The Ideas "i" And "mine."

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