“The Error”

“The greatest error is to think that you are weak by nature, evil by nature. Every person is divine and strong in their real nature. What are weak are their habits, desires, and thoughts.”

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“Suffering”

“Suffering is the way for Realization of God,” the saint replied. “Distress often leads men to faith in God. The cause of your misery is not in your outer life; it is in you, as your ego. You impose limitations on yourself and then make a vain struggle to transcend them. All unhappiness is due […]

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“Inside the Mountain”

“Their eyes gained the ability to see right through the rock, into the depths of the hill. Inside it they perceived another world, a world of radiant beings. There were silvered shapes distinguishable as ancient rishis, golden shapes reminiscent of Realized teachers, and transparent shapes that seemed to have left all identity of any sort […]

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“Gem Dance”

“While observing the waterfall, the friends noticed a delightful dance taking place. Prismatic, flickering spots, like gemstone chips of aquamarine, ruby, and tanzanite, shone in front of the falling waters. These chromatic orbs looked to be sending them messages. They would turn on and off in special patterns and certain rhythms, as if they were […]

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“Magic Waterfall”

“In the near distance, they heard a powerful rushing sound of flowing water. They came to a marvelous waterfall. Over the side of a face of glistening, deep-chocolate-brown, roughly contoured rock, poured four separate streams of what looked like thick, whisked milk. The rock being nearly vertical, the water repeatedly struck its contours on the […]

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“Bubbles”

“Ramana now turned his attention to the current of water flowing in the stream by which they sat. ‘All things are like bubbles on water. You are the water and the objects are the bubbles. They cannot exist apart from the water, but they are not quite the same as the water.’”

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