Ramana Maharshi Quotes

The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?

The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self.

That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.

If you're trained in metaphysics, you don't see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world.

Love is the recognition of oneness in the world of duality.

Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.

The problem is that we have allowed our egos, the part of us which believes that we are separate from God and separate from each other, to dominate our lives.

The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.

The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes we call by various names. Gold made into various ornaments, we call by various names. But all the clothes are cotton and all the ornaments gold. The one is real, the many are mere names and forms.

Perhaps the most concise summary of enlightenment would be: transcending dualism . ... Dualism is the conceptual division of the world into categories ... human perception is by nature a dualistic phenomenon - which makes the quest for enlightenment an uphill struggle, to say the least.

Mind cannot think without duality. Duality is the way of thinking. In silence, all dualities disappear.

The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is 'I'; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.

Generally, people who are not self-realized are full of themselves. One who is self-realized sees that the whole world is full of one.

What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul and God are appearances in it. Like silver in mother-of-pearl, these three appear at the same time and disappear at the same time. The Self is that where there is absolutely no 'I thought'. That is called 'Stillness'. The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is 'I'; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.

I see a sense of unity in the universe. Spirituality is not limited to only one religion. One can experience it across different religions. I am fascinated by philosophy of Advaita and philosophy of unity. We have to get over the illusion that God is different from us.

You are the universe, you aren't in the universe.

The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.

Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.

Being human means there's a wall-builder in each of us. Our minds naturally divide the world into me and not-me, us and them. For thousands of years, our sages have taught that we're all one, yet we still divide wherever we look.

To know that you are God is another way of saying that you feel completely one with this universe.

The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

I've been on a quest for spiritual answers for a long time. The things I've learned about interconnectedness and non-duality and the feeling of tapping into your soul that goes beyond the edge of your skin is important to me. Once I learned that, I'm far less often trapped in my own little man problems. Me against the universe problems.

In so far as we think, we are the all-one being that pervades everything.

The biggest nuts and guess what? He is I and I am him.

No separation between the spiritual and the physical. It is all one.