sense of presence

This sense of presence, 

it is not the sense that I am present, you are present, or any individual is present. 

The sense of presence is the sense of presence, as such. 

Because one identifies oneself with his body, 

he thinks he is born and is going to die. 

What is born is the general sense of presence, as such. 

The sense of presence which has come spontaneously will leave spontaneously.

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

nothing to gain

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There is nothing to gain. 

Abandon all imaginings and know yourself as you are. 

...

All craving is due to a sense of insufficiency. 

When you know that you lack nothing, 

that all there is, is you and yours, desire ceases.

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

the knower

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By following any religion, 

cult or creed, 

one becomes inevitably conditioned, 

because one is obliged to conform and accept its disciplines, 

both physical and mental. 

One may get a little peace for some time, 

but such a peace will not last long. 

In your true nature, 

you are the knower of concepts and therefore 

prior to them.

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

maturity

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A level of mental maturity is reached 

when nothing external is of any value 

and the heart is ready to relinquish all. 

Then the real has a chance and it grasps it. 

Delays, if any, are caused by the mind unwilling to see or to discard.

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

seeing reality? true ideas?

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There's no state in which one is seeing reality. 

WHO is seeing WHAT? 

You can only BE real. 

(And that you are always.) 

The problem exists only in thinking.

Let all false ideas go, 

that's all. 

There's no need for true ideas. 

(Since there are none.)

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 Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Meet your own self

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Meet your own self. Be with your own self, 

listen to it, obey it, cherish it, keep it in mind ceaselessly. 
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You need no other guide. 

As long as your urge for truth affects your daily life, 

all is well with you. 

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Live your life without hurting anybody. 

Harmlessness is a most powerful form of Yoga and it will take you speedily to your goal. 

This is what I call nisarga yoga, the Natural yoga. 

It is the art of living in peace and harmony, 

in friendliness and love. 

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The fruit of it is happiness, uncaused and endless.

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~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

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look without imagination

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Learn to look without imagination, 

to listen without distortion:

 that is all.

 Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless,

 realize that every mode of perception is subjective,

 that what is seen or heard,

 touched or smelled, 

felt or thought, 

expected or imagined,

 is in the mind and not in reality,

 and you will experience peace and freedom from fear.

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~  Nisargadatta Maharaj

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As long as you do not see

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As long as you do not see that it is mere habit,

 built on memory,

 prompted by desire,

 you will think yourself to be a person -

 living, feeling, thinking, active, passive, pleased or pained. 

Question yourself, ask yourself.

 'Is it so?'

 'Who am I'?

 'What is behind and beyond all things?'

 And soon you will see your mistake.

 And it is in the very nature of a mistake to cease to be, when seen.

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~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

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all states of mind

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All states of mind, 

all names and forms of existence are rooted in non-enquiry, 

non-investigation, in imagination and credulity. 

It is right to say "I am," 

but to say "I am this," "I am that" is a sign of not enquiring, 

not examining, 

of mental weakness or lethargy.

.

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

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restlessness

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If you could only keep quiet,

 clear of memories and expectations, 

you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. 

Its your restlessness that causes chaos.

.

 

 

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

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~ from - ' I AM THAT'

...

"Wisdom says, 'I am nothing'.

 Love says, 'I am everything'.

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 Between the two my life flows."
...
~ Sri Nisargadatta