"The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise."
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"The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into."
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"There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him."
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"Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of all. The method is chosen according to one's own fitness. The goal for all is the same. Yet different names are given to the goal only to suit the process preliminary to reaching the goal. Bhakti, Yoga, Jnana are all the same."
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"If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made."
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"Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart."
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"The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place."
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"Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being."
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"Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others."
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"When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning."
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"That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness - the Self."
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"There is a state when words cease and silence prevails."
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"If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself"
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"Does one require proof of one's own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known."
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"The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower."
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"Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness, which indeed he daily experiences when the mind is subdued in deep sleep, it is essential that he should know himself. For obtaining such knowledge the inquiry 'Who am I?' in quest of the Self is the best means."
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"There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth."
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"The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self."
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"The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend."
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"In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self."
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