Psychology Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Know yourself to be the changeless witness of the changeful mind. That is enough.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The mind is what it thinks. To make it true, think true.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it.”

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The world you think of is in your own mind.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The legitimate function of the mind is to tell you what is not. But if you want positive knowledge, you must go…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

You are not the mind. If you know you are not the mind, then what difference does it make if it's busy…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

There is no 'my self' and 'his self'. There is the Self, the only Self of all. Misled by the diversity of…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Seeking out causes is a pastime of the mind. There is no duality of cause and effect. Everything is its own cause.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

By all means attend to your duties. Action, in which you are not emotionally involved and which is beneficial and does not…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Leave your mind alone, that is all. Do not go along with it. After all, there is no such thing as mind…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

"I AM" itself is God. The seeking itself is God. In seeking you discover that you are neither body nor mind, but…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

As long as the mind is there, your body and your world are there. Your world is mind-made, subjective, enclosed within the…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Moods are in the mind and do not matter. Go within, go beyond. Cease being fascinated by the content of your consciousness.…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

To know that you are neither the body nor mind, watch yourself steadily and live unaffected by your body and mind, completely…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

When the mind is quiet, we come to know ourselves as the pure witness. We withdraw from the experience and its experiencer…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Use your mind. Remember. Observe. You are not different from others. Most of their experiences are valid for you too. Think clearly…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Just keep in mind the feeling 'I am', merge in it, till your mind and feeling become one. By repeated attempts you…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Do not try to know the truth, for knowledge by the mind is not true knowledge. But you can know what is…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Be conscious of yourself, watch your mind, give it your full attention. Don't look for quick results; there may be none within…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Reality is neither subjective nor objective, neither mind nor matter, neither time nor space. These divisions need somebody to happen to, a…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

With self-awareness you grow more intelligent. In awareness you learn, in self-awareness you learn about yourself. Of course, you can only learn…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Don't ask the mind to confirm what is beyond the mind. Direct experience is the only valid confirmation.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Look at your mind dispassionately; this is enough to calm it. When it is quiet, you can go beyond it. Do not…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

When you go beyond awareness, there is a state of nonduality, in which there is no cognition, only pure being. In the…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the mind. It is easily had when…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Awareness is ever there. It need not be realized. Open the shutter of the mind, and it will be flooded with light.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Give all your attention to the question: 'What is it that makes me conscious?', until your mind becomes the question itself and…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj