agitation

Agitation of mind is the cause of desire, the sense of doership and personality. If that is stopped there is quiet.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

power

No thought has any power.

You have power.

And when you identify and 

believe in the thought,

You give power to the thought.

~Mooji

japa

Q: Are our attempts sure to succeed?

Sri Ramana Maharshi :

Realization is our nature.

It is nothing new to be gained.

What is new cannot be eternal.

Therefore there is no need for doubting whether one could lose or gain the Self.

Q: Is it good to do japa when we know that enquiry into the Self is the real thing?

Sri Ramana Maharshi :

All methods are good since they will lead to the enquiry eventually.

Japa is our real nature.

When we realize the Self then japa goes on without effort.

What is the means at one stage becomes the goal at another.

When effortless constant japa goes on, it is realization.

~ From Be as you are book