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The Guru's Grace (spiritual teacher) is both external and internal. From the outside, he pushes the mind inwards, and from the inside he pulls the mind towards the Self and helps it keep quiet. That is the grace. There is no difference between God, guru and Self. A guru's help is necessary and useful to start you on the inquiry, but you yourself must pursue it.

He that has earned the Grace of the Guru shall undoubtedly be saved and never forsaken, just as the prey that has fallen into the tiger's jaws will never be allowed to escape.

#SriRamanaMaharshi

What I like is, to know who I am and to remain as I am with the knowledge that what is to happen will happen and what is not to happen will not happen.

#SriRamanaMaharshi

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Self is the real Guru.

Grace alone pulls you into the heart. Beg, cry, plead, pray to the divine for the fire of Self to burn away all trace of ego. Be free of I/mine which is ego & just abide effortlessly as Self.

The heart is like a candle longing to be lit.

Torn from the Beloved it yearns to be whole again, but you have to bear the pain.

You cannot learn about love.

Love appears on the wings of grace.

#Rumi

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Conversation With God Requires silence. ::: Try unceasingly to keep your mind on God. Be with Him all the time. Practice His presence.

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Conversation with people requires audible voice. Conversation with God requires silence, People who talk too much are not with God; there is much less time in their thoughts for Him. Those who inwardly converse with God are outwardly more silent. No matter what their surroundings, they are habitually more quiet. Because the devotee has plenty to say to God, he has very little to say to others. When those who have much to say to God do speak, their words are of God, and are full of wisdom and understanding.

When the perception of God begins, you have no time for useless things. You want to remain by yourself-God and yourself. And you do not want to waste a precious moment that could rather be spent with Him. Even when such devotees are active, that activity never diminishes their perception of love for God.

Idle talking causes one to lose devotion for God. It feeds mental restlessness that takes the mind away from Him.

Try unceasingly to keep your mind on God. Be with Him all the time. Practice His presence. Don't waste your time In this world of activity, the daytime is the devil's playground. The only way to outwit the devil is to keep your mind with God. And when night comes, forsake the world and all your cares of the day and meditate; be entranced with the love of God. To be with Him is a million times more joyous and strengthening than is sleep.

#ParamahansaYogananda

When you realize that life in every body and in all manifestations of nature is nothing more than explosions of God Consciousness, you are in His eternal presence.

God is always in the stars and in the clouds of the earth, in our thoughts, feelings, and will; and when you realize this, then you realize your connection to Infinite. This is self-realization: you feel no longer like a small wave of life, but like the ocean itself.

#ParamahansaYogananda

If you find happiness in God who is everywhere, all pervading, who is your own self, that is real happiness.

#AnandamayiMa

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A quiet mind is all you need.

All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet.

#SriNisargadattaMaharaj