Quotes from Ramana Maharshi

Bhagavan [Ramana] then told me, "Fix the mind in the Heart. If you keep your attention at the source from where all thoughts arise, the mind will subside at the source and reality will shine forth."
— quoted by Mastan in Power of the Presence Part Three edited by David Godman, page 26

She said, one day, "Bhagavan, please give me some upadesa." Bhagavan gave her a benign look and replied: "Don't ever lose awareness of your being."
— quoted in Moments Remembered by V. Ganesan, page 48.

When he told the Maharshi that he had failed to get any kind of beneficial experience from following the practice, the Maharshi replied, "To get the experience one should not rely on buddhi [the discriminating intellect] alone, one should combine it with the firm conviction [bhavana] 'I am': one who has that thought is also 'I', pure consciousness. With such a feeling one should go deep within and take hold of the experience.
— Swami Madhavatirtha in The Power of the Presence Part One edited by Daivd Godman, page 236

Mrs. D. said there were breaks in her awareness and desired to know how the awareness might be made continuous.
     M.: Breaks are due to thoughts. You canot be aware of breaks unless you think so. It is only a thought. Repeat the old practice, "To whom do thoughts arise?" Keep up the practice until there are no breaks. Practice alone will bring about continuity of awareness.
— Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi, number 628.
 
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