"The mind exists in two states: as water……" — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
"The mind exists in two states: as water and as honey. The water vibrates at the least disturbance, while the honey, however disturbed, returns quickly to immobility."
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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224 Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines…
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If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
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Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but…
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The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.
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In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.
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Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.
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There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or…
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There is no such thing as unconsciousness for it is not experienceable. We infer unconsciousness when there is a lapse…
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By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention…
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Give up the idea of being a person, that is all. You need not become what you are anyhow. There…
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Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will.…
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The only difference between us is that I am aware of my natural state, while you are bemused.... We discover…
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More Disturbance Quotes
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To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater…
— Anatole Broyard
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
— Alice Miller
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment,…
— John Hospers
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about,…
— Sun Tzu
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The equation of animal and vegetable life is too complicated a problem for human intelligence to solve, and we can…
— George Perkins Marsh
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Hatred, jealousy and excessive attachment cause suffering and agitation. I feel compassion can help us overcome these disturbances and let…
— Dalai Lama
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Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of…
— Sigmund Freud
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Samadhi means when sushupti, dreamless sleep, becomes alert, awake. When you are asleep as far as the body is concerned,…
— Rajneesh
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The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in…
— Charles Lyell
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You must be a deeply anxiety-ridden person, otherwise chain-smoking is not possible; chain-smoking is a by-product. You must be so…
— Rajneesh
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Meditation means how to be not a mind. How to be not a mind! Meditation means how to create the…
— Rajneesh
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