Quotes About Awareness

The universe is only expanded Self. It is not different from the Self. (p. 77)

When the I is divested of the I, only the I remains.

Did you know your kinsmen before their birth that you should seek to know them after their death?

Realization is nothing to be gained afresh, it is already there. All that is necessary is to get rid of the thought 'I have not realised'.

If you take the appearance to be real you will never know the Real itself, although it is the Real alone that exists. This point is illustrated by the analogy of the 'snake in the rope'. As long as you see the snake you cannot see the rope as such. The non-existent snake becomes real to you, while the real rope seems wholly non-existent as such.

Never mind the mind. If its source is sought, it will vanish leaving the Self unaffected.

If the idea 'I am the body' is accepted, the selves are multiple. The state in which this idea vanishes is the Self since in that state there are no other objects.

You are That, here and now. (p. 77)

Questioner: Can one read others minds? Ramana Maharshi: Where are others apart from one's own Self?

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.

Cuando el mundo desaparece, es decir, cuando no hay pensamiento, la mente experimenta la felicidad, y cuando el mundo aparece, se hunde en la desdicha.

After negating all of the above mentioned as 'not this', 'not this', that Awareness which alone remains – that I am.

Tú puedes separarte de lo que es externo a ti, pero no de lo que uno es contigo.

Inquiring into the nature of one's self that is in bondage, and realising one's true nature is liberation.

When the world disappears, i.e., when there is no thought, the mind experience happiness; and when the world appears, it goes through misery.

We imagine through our ignorance that we derive happiness from objects.

Not leaving the Self is wisdom.

Therefore, when the world appears (to be real), the Self does not appear; and when the Self appears (shines) the world does not appear.

Dristim jnanamayim kritva, pasyet Brahmamayam jagat. By making your standpoint that of wisdom, the world will be seen only as God. (p. 153)

Self is only Being – not this or that. It is Simple Being. BE, and that is the end of ignorance. Your duty is not to be this or that. I am that I am sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words Be still. Be as you really are. Be yourself and nothing more. Remain aware of yourself and all else will be known

A man conscious of his pain is more real than a man who is unconscious of his happiness thus exhibiting his unreal nature.

Accept it all your so called SINS are only a result of your unawareness and nothing else. Stay Aware, Live Blissful!

Ah! That glance of yours did some magic on me, you were not aware of. For once I died and was reborn."

Anything that makes you unconscious of present moment leads to Suffering!