See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness -… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away -… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Experiences such as, 'I went; I came; I was; I did,' come naturally to everyone. From these experiences, does it not appear… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The experience of not forgetting consciousness alone is the state of devotion which is the relationship of unfading real love, because the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
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… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
