Whatever draws the mind outward is unspiritual and whatever draws the mind inward is spiritual

Ramana Maharshi
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This quote stresses the importance of mindlessness or, more accurately, of meditation. Those who spend most of their time thinking about things that are unspiritual are unspiritual. By contrast, those who devote themselves to meditating on spiritual ideas are spiritually minded. Mindlessness is unspiritual, while meditation is spiritual.

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