Maharshi: 'I am that I am.' 'I am' is God, not thinking 'I am God.' Realize 'I am' and not think 'I am.' 'Know I am God,' it is said, not 'Think I am God."
--Ramana Maharshi
When the mind has ceased to be because of the total absence of the notions of material existence, consciousness exists in its own nature as consciousness.
That is known as pure being. When consciousness devoid of notions of
objectivity merges in itself losing its separate identity, as it were, it is pure being. When all external (material) and internal (notional) objects merge in consciousness, there is pure being of consciousness.
This is the supreme vision which happens to all liberated ones, whether they seem to have a body or they are without one. This vision is available to one who has been "awakened," to one who is in a state of deep contemplation and to a man of self-knowledge; it is not experienced by the ignorant person.
--Yoga Vasistha"
If you think that you know well in truth of Brahman, know that you know little. What you think to be Brahman in your self, or what you think to be Brahman in the gods--that is not Brahman. What is indeed the truth of Brahman you must therefore learn.
I cannot say that I know Brahman fully. Nor can I say that I know him not. He among us knows him best who understand the spirit of the words: "Nor do I know that I know not."
He truly knows Brahman who knows him as beyond knowledge; he who thinks that he knows knows not. The ignorant think that Brahman is known, but the wise know him to be beyond knowledge.
He who realizes the existence of Brahman behind every activity of his
being--whether sensing, perceiving, or thinking--he alone gains
immortality.
Through knowledge of Brahman comes power. Through knowledge of Brahman comes victory over death. Blessed is the man who while he yet lives realizes Brahman. The man who realizes him not suffers his greatest loss.
When they depart this life, the wise, who have realized Brahman as the Self in all beings, become immortal.
--Kena Upanishad
That stillness is the Self.
The Guru is both exterior and interior. From the exterior he gives a push to the mind to turn inward; from the interior he pulls the mind towards the Self and helps the mind to achieve quietness. That is Grace.
Hence there is no difference between God, Guru and Self.
--Ramana Maharshi”
awareness or existence.
Consciousness is indeed always with us.
There is no moment when the Self as consciousness
does not exist.
This consciousness is the eternal being
and the only being.
You cannot deny your own existence.
That existence is consciousness, the Self.
Only when the ever-present consciousness is
realised will it be permanent.
The Self is
pure consciousness.
No one can ever be away from the Self.
There is no duality in the state of
pure consciousness. Truly speaking,
pure consciousness is indivisible,
it is without parts.
It has no shape, no within and without.
There is no -right' no 'left' for it.
Pure consciousness, which is the heart,
includes all, and nothing is outside or
apart from it.
That is the ultimate truth.
--Ramana Maharshi
always be in human form. First a person thinks that he is an inferior
and that there is a superior, all-knowing, all powerful God who
controls his own and the world's destiny and worships him or does
Bhakti. When he reaches a certain stage and becomes fit for
enlightenment, the same God whom he was worshipping comes as
Guru and leads him on. That Guru comes only to tell him 'That
God is within yourself. Dive within and realize'. God, Guru and
the Self are the same."
- Ramana Maharshi
Every individual must change his own life if he wants to live in a
peaceful world.
The world cannot become peaceful unless and until you yourself begin
to work toward peace.
It is only by removing hate from our hearts that we can live a Christlike
life.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
He alone stages a play with Himself.
The individual suffers because he perceives duality.
Find the One everywhere and in everything
and there will be an end to pain and suffering."
by Anandamayi Ma