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Them Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness and smallness. Desire…
- In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.
- If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.
- To know the self as the only reality and all else as temporal and transient is freedom, peace and joy. It is all very simple.…
- Words can bring you only up to their own limit; to go beyond, you must abandon them. Remain as the silent witness only.
- You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet,…
- Stop, look, investigate, ask the right questions, come to the right conclusions and have the courage to act on them and see what happens. The…
- Watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic. People come and go; you register without response. It may not be easy in the beginning,…
- Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desires and fears. Let them come and go. Don't give them the…
- Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all.
- Leave your mind alone, that is all. Do not go along with it. After all, there is no such thing as mind apart from thoughts…
- All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant…
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