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61 " If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself "
― Ramana Maharshi
62 " Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere. "
63 " Mind your business. Take care of what you came here for. Find the ‘I’ first and you may afterwards speak of other matters. "
64 " Do what is right at a given moment and leave it behind "
65 " Your concentration must come as easily as the breath. Fix yourself on one thing and try to hold onto it. All will come right. Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts. The dissipated mind is a sign of its weakness. By constant meditation it gains strength. "
― Ramana Maharshi , Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
66 " 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. "
67 " The mind is by nature restless. Begin liberating it from its restlessness; give it peace; make it free from distractions; train it to look inward; make this a habit. This is done by ignoring the external world and removing the obstacles to peace of mind. "
― Ramana Maharshi , Talks with Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness
68 " You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. "
69 " It will come all right in the end. "
70 " All are gurus to us, the wicked by their evil deeds say 'do not come near me'. the good are always good, therefore all are like gurus to us. "
71 " Grace is always present. You imagine it is something somewhere high in the sky, far away, and has to descend. It is really inside you, in your Heart, and the moment you effect subsidence or merger of the mind into its Source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you "
72 " The enquiry ‘Who am I?’ is the principal means to the removal of all misery and the attainment of the supreme bliss. "
― Ramana Maharshi , The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
73 " The revelation or intuition arises in its own time and one must wait for it. "
74 " Complete surrender does require that you have no desire of your own, that God’s desire alone is your desire and that you have no desire of your own. "
75 " The Power that created you has created the world as well. If it can take care of you, it can similarily take care of the world also. If God has created the world, it is His business to look after it, not yours. "
76 " The peace of mind which permeates the saint's atmosphere is the only means by which the seeker understands the greatness of the saint. "
77 " Although the modes of meditation may appear to be different from one another, in the end all of them become one. There is no need to doubt this. One may adopt that path which suits the maturity of one’s mind. "
78 " Solitude is in the mind of man. One might be in the thick of the world and maintain serenity of mind; such a one is in solitude. Another may stay in a forest, but still be unable to control his mind. He cannot be said to be in solitude. Solitude is a function of the mind. A man attached to desire cannot get solitude wherever he may be; a detached man is always in solitude. "
79 " Real peace is happiness. Pleasures do not form happiness. "
80 " If a person overlooks the faults of others, and sees only their merits, and thus keeps his mind serene, his whole life will be happy. To be unconcerned in all things, with the mind cool, free of desires and without hate, is beautiful in a seeker. "