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Thoughts 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.…
- How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the Self there is…
- If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has been born or…
- When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
- Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.
- 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…
- The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish…
- Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
- The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
- You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
- The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys the stillness of…
- Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
- Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation…
- See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away - the ego will…
- The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into.
- Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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