Some quotes by Nisargadatta (I am that):
It [the "I am"] is unreal when we say: "I am this, I am that". It is real when we mean "I am not this, nor that".
- The cause of suffering is in the identification of the perceiver with the perceived. Out of it desire is born, and with desire blind action, unmindful of results. Look around and you will see - suffering is a man-made thing.
- You see me apparently functioning. In reality, I only look. Whatever is done, is done on the stage. Joy and sorrow, life and death, they all are real to the man in bondage; to me, they are all in the show, as unreal as the show itself. I may perceive the world just like you, but you believe to be in it, while I see it as an iridescent drop in the vast expanse of consciousness
- Nothing is done by me, everything just happens. I do not expect, I do not plan, I just watch events happening, knowing them to be unreal
- Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desire and fears
- There is no place for effort in reality. It is selfishness, due to self-identification with the body, that is the main problem and the cause of other problems.
- Nothing you do will change you
- Your needs are unreal and your efforts are meaningless.
- The cause of suffering is in the identification of the perceiver with the perceived. Out of it desire is born, and with desire blind action, unmindful of results. Look around and you will see - suffering is a man-made thing.
- You see me apparently functioning. In reality, I only look. Whatever is done, is done on the stage. Joy and sorrow, life and death, they all are real to the man in bondage; to me, they are all in the show, as unreal as the show itself. I may perceive the world just like you, but you believe to be in it, while I see it as an iridescent drop in the vast expanse of consciousness
- Nothing is done by me, everything just happens. I do not expect, I do not plan, I just watch events happening, knowing them to be unreal
- Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desire and fears
- There is no place for effort in reality. It is selfishness, due to self-identification with the body, that is the main problem and the cause of other problems.
- Nothing you do will change you
- Your needs are unreal and your efforts are meaningless.
Thank you
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