Home » Quote » Ramana Maharshi » „Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.“ „Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.“ — Ramana Maharshi Related quotes „Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all thought, for thought and feeling dissipate energy.“ — Jiddu Krishnamurti „Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind and when the same thought occurs in another man, it is the key to that era.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson „What is called mind is a wondrous power existing in Self. It projects all thoughts. If we set aside all thoughts and see, there will be no such thing as mind remaining separate; therefore, thought itself is the form of the mind. Other than thoughts, there is no such thing as the mind.“ — Ramana Maharshi „That which rises in this body as 'I' is the mind. If one enquires 'In which place in the body does the thought 'I' rise first?', it will be known to be in the heart [spiritual heart is 'two digits to the right from the centre of the chest']. Even if one incessantly thinks 'I', 'I', it will lead to that place (Self)'.“ — Ramana Maharshi „But Zeus does not bring to accomplishment all thoughts in men's minds.“ — Homér „The mind will subside only by means of the enquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'Who am I?', destroying all other thoughts, will itself finally be destroyed like the stick used for stirring the funeral pyre.“ — Ramana Maharshi