Your duty is to be and 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'. Give up the notion that 'I am so and so'. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?

Ramana Maharshi

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Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall.

Stay centered by accepting whatever happens to you. This is the ultimate.

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Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress.

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Solitude is the place of purification.

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