Consciousness Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.

— Ramana Maharshi

See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject.

— Ramana Maharshi

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.

— Ramana Maharshi

Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.

— Ramana Maharshi

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.

— Ramana Maharshi

See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.

— Ramana Maharshi

Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.

— Ramana Maharshi

That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness -…

— Ramana Maharshi

If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness…

— Ramana Maharshi

Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the…

— Ramana Maharshi

Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are…

— Ramana Maharshi

See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away -…

— Ramana Maharshi

The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation…

— Ramana Maharshi

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

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

You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it.…

— Ramana Maharshi

The experience of not forgetting consciousness alone is the state of devotion which is the relationship of unfading real love, because the…

— Ramana Maharshi

Experiences such as, 'I went; I came; I was; I did,' come naturally to everyone. From these experiences, does it not appear…

— Ramana Maharshi

The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes…

— Ramana Maharshi

When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.

— Ramana Maharshi

An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.

— Ramana Maharshi

The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be…

— Ramana Maharshi