Becoming Quote by Ramana Maharshi

“The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.”

Ramana Maharshi

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Becoming Inspiration Knowing Meditation Not knowing Oneself Practice Realization States

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Knowing the Self, God is known.

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Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal.

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