*WORDS OF WISDOM* - Ramana Maharshi

Let the man [woman] find out his undying Self and die and be immortal and happy. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

Maharshi on'Sahaja Samadhi' - Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state. Ramana Maharshi

*Glimpses of Self-Realization* - Who am I?’ is not a mantra. It means that you must find out where in you the ‘I-thought’ arises, which is the source of all other thoughts. ~ Ramana Maharshi

Breath control may do as an aid but can never by itself lead to the goal. While doing it mechanically, take care to be alert in mind and to remember the ‘I- thought’ and the quest for its source. Then you will find that where the breath sinks, there the ‘I-thought’ arises. They sink and arise together.

The ‘I-thought’ will also sink along with the breath. Simultaneously another luminous and infinite ‘I-I’ will emerge, and it will be continuous and unbroken. That is the goal. It goes by different names - God, Self, Kundalini, Shakti, Consciousness, etc.

Who am I?’ is not a mantra. It means that you must find out where in you the ‘I-thought’ arises, which is the source of all other thoughts. But if you find that 'Vichara marga' (path of inquiry) is too hard for you, you go on repeating ‘I-I’ and that will lead you to the same goal. There is no harm in using ‘I’ as a mantra. It is the first name of God.

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*Words of Wisdom* - Ramana Maharshi

Your thinking that you have to make an effort to get rid of this dream of the waking state and your making efforts to attain jnana [true knowledge] or real awakening are all parts of the dream. When you attain jnana you will see there was neither the dream during sleep, nor the waking state, but only yourself and your real state.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

Let it come what may, let go of what will be. See what remains. ~ Ramana Maharshi (Translated by Bing)

'Silence' - 'OSHO'

Silence

Learn silence. And at least with your friends, with your lovers, with your family, with your fellow travellers here, sit in silence sometimes. Don´t go on gossiping, don´t go on talking. Stop talking, and not only on the outside - stop the inner talk. Be in an interval. Just sit, doing nothing, just being presences to each other. And soon you will start finding a new way to communicate. And that is the right way.
Start communicating through silence sometimes. Holding the hand of your friend, sit silently. Just looking at the moon, feel the moon, and both feel it silently. And see, a communion happens - not only communication, but a communion. Your hearts start beating in the same rhythm. You start feeling the same space. You start feeling the same joy. You start overlapping each other´s being. That is communion. You have said without saying anything, and there will be no misunderstanding.

*WORDS OF WISDOM*

'Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside'.
—Ramana Maharshi