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Practice Quotes by Ramana Maharshi
- Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being.…
- You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you begin spiritual practices…
- We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All we need to…
- The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
- 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…
- The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
- Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still…
- From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates its…
- Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting…
- See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject.
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- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
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