In the words of Ramana Maharshi:
The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.
Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
Having set one's family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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