"Awareness is ever there. It need not be……" — 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

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224 Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj has 224 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines…
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but…
The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.
In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.
Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.
There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or…
There is no such thing as unconsciousness for it is not experienceable. We infer unconsciousness when there is a lapse…
By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention…
Give up the idea of being a person, that is all. You need not become what you are anyhow. There…
Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will.…
The only difference between us is that I am aware of my natural state, while you are bemused.... We discover…

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn… — Richard Bach
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. — Arthur Balfour
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my… — Scott Adams
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. — William Blake
The eye altering, alters all. — William Blake

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