--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: The real is behind and beyond words…" description: "\"The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the mind. It is easily had when nothing else is w..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png" --- # The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable… ![“The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the mind. It is easily had when nothing else is wanted.” quote by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png) > “The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the mind. It is easily had when nothing else is wanted.” [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. True reality lies beyond language, directly felt, and can be accessed when desires are absent. **In simple terms:** Reality is felt, not spoken, when you let go. Key Takeaway Cultivate desirelessness. Themes spirituality direct experience non‑duality Mood contemplative peaceful Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - Meditation - artistic creation - intense focus - solitude Key Concepts Transcendence mindfulness inner silence Questions to Reflect On - What do you truly experience without words? - How does desire affect perception? A Different Perspective Hard to maintain in a consumerist culture. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/) [Effect Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effect-mind-408717/) [Effects](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effects/) [Experienced Explosive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experienced-explosive-5900572/) [Explosives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/explosives/) [Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/) [Mind Easily](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind-easily-252006/) [Psychology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/) [Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real/) [Real Words](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-words-618933/) [Wanted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted/) ## Related quotes > [Nobody ever fails in Yoga…It is slow in the beginning and rapid in the end. When one is fully matured, realization is explosive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/nobody-ever-fails-in-yoga-it-is-slow-in-the-beginning-and-rapid-in/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [“Some words have a power that has nothing to do with supernatural forces. They resound in the heart and mind, they live long after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/some-words-have-a-power-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-supernatural/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“Mere words.. Was there anything so real as words?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/mere-words-was-there-anything-so-real-as-words/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Real man don't need to be told how real is. His words reflect on his actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexgman/real-man-don-t-need-to-be-told-how-real-is-his-words-reflect-on-his/) [AlexGman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexgman/) > [“Which makes you wonder, are they really speaking real words or do little kids just start out naturally understanding each other before the prime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/which-makes-you-wonder-are-they-really-speaking-real-words-or-do/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) > [The great art of writing is the art of making people real to themselves with words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logan-pearsall-smith/the-great-art-of-writing-is-the-art-of-making-people-real-to/) [Logan Pearsall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logan-pearsall-smith/) > [Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/words-mere-words-how-terrible-they-were-how-clear-and-vivid-and-cruel-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Thoughts are just as real as words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-m-h-atwater/thoughts-are-just-as-real-as-words/) [P.M.H. Atwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-m-h-atwater/) > [To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-roa-bastos/to-write-does-not-mean-to-convert-the-real-into-words-but-to-make-the/) [Augusto Roa Bastos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-roa-bastos/) > [“No ramifications whatsoever. You’re not going to ramificate; you don’t know what it means. You don’t know which of the words I use are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-hannah/no-ramifications-whatsoever-you-re-not-going-to-ramificate-you-don-t/) [Sophie Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-hannah/) > [“Thoughts should be real. Words should have a definite meanings and a man should believe what he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/thoughts-should-be-real-words-should-have-a-definite-meanings-and-a/) [Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/) > [“All self-expression is the product of the imagination, so how can we speak of an objective reflection of the real in words? Or an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gatenby/all-self-expression-is-the-product-of-the-imagination-so-how-can-we/) [Bruce Gatenby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gatenby/) > [“Chameleonesque, hobbitish, unicorned, stompled, selfishism, and unwakeable may not be real words, but you do know what they mean.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-e-goodrich/chameleonesque-hobbitish-unicorned-stompled-selfishism-and-unwakeable/) [Richelle E. Goodrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-e-goodrich/) > [You havent experienced true pain and the real words of life until you have actually have had the chance to live it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-zmyn/you-havent-experienced-true-pain-and-the-real-words-of-life-until-you/) [J@ZMYN](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-zmyn/) > [I don't read the script a zillion times, I don't like to analyze things and my mind can go there very easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittany-murphy/i-don-t-read-the-script-a-zillion-times-i-don-t-like-to-analyze/) [Brittany Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittany-murphy/) ## More by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj > [Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/forgetting-your-self-is-the-greatest-injury-all-the-calamities-flow/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/there-is-nothing-to-do-just-be-do-nothing-be-no-climbing-mountains/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/let-the-dream-unroll-itself-to-its-very-end-you-cannot-help-it-but/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 mind, fragmentary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/as-long-as-the-mind-is-there-your-body-and-your-world-are-there-your/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/i-ask-you-what-is-the-taste-of-your-mouth-all-you-can-do-is-to-say-it/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [It is your restlessness that causes chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/it-is-your-restlessness-that-causes-chaos/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. Stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-go-beyond-the-mind-you-must-be-silent-and-quiet-peace-and-silence/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/absolute-perfection-is-here-and-now-not-in-some-future-near-or-far/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Having never left the house you are looking for the way home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/having-never-left-the-house-you-are-looking-for-the-way-home/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Once you understand that the false needs time and what needs time is false, you are nearer the Reality, which is timeless, ever in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/once-you-understand-that-the-false-needs-time-and-what-needs-time-is/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [The universe is but a partial manifestation of your limitless capacity to become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-universe-is-but-a-partial-manifestation-of-your-limitless/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/in-reality-time-and-space-exist-in-you-you-do-not-exist-in-them/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/whatever-happens-happens-to-you-by-you-through-you-you-are-the/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Life is love and love is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/life-is-love-and-love-is-life/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [The real does not die, the unreal never lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-does-not-die-the-unreal-never-lived/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Explore all 321 Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) ## More Behinds quotes > [Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/resist-discouragement-by-speaking-his-word-over-your-future-keep/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [Behind every successful child is an adult who believed in him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/behind-every-successful-child-is-an-adult-who-believed-in-him/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) > [Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/elections-belong-to-the-people-it-s-their-decision-if-they-decide-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/time-is-painted-with-a-lock-before-and-bald-behind-signifying-thereby/) [Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/) > [God hides Himself behind causes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-rollin/god-hides-himself-behind-causes/) [Charles Rollin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-rollin/) > [Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/home-is-behind-the-world-ahead-and-there-are-many-paths-to-tread/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Behind every word flows energy. If you use your words to gossip or babble about what you are going to do before you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-choquette/behind-every-word-flows-energy-if-you-use-your-words-to-gossip-or/) [Sonia Choquette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-choquette/) > [With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/with-the-realization-of-god-comes-all-power-if-the-little-wave-knew/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/conservatism-is-not-about-leaving-people-behind-conservatism-is-about/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) > [And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/and-the-seasons-they-go-round-and-round-and-the-painted-ponies-go-up/) [Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/) > [It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-worthwhile-for-anyone-to-have-behind-him-a-few-generations-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ike-turner/i-m-really-thankful-to-god-man-like-now-i-m-really-making-a-real/) [Ike Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ike-turner/) > [Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwin-b-nuland/empires-fall-ids-explode-great-symphonies-are-written-and-behind-all/) [Sherwin B. Nuland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwin-b-nuland/) > [ Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs \[Less Developed Countries\]?... I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/just-between-you-and-me-shouldn-t-the-world-bank-be-encouraging-more/) [Lawrence Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-summers/) > [After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/after-a-few-mouthfuls-of-moon-flavored-air-even-the-stubbornly-drowsy/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) [Browse all 6,789 Behinds quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the mind. It is easily had when nothing else is wanted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-incommunicable-directly/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Behinds" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-incommunicable-directly/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_behinds_the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-inco_1568765.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the…” — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "The real is behind and beyond...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-incommunicable-directly/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-incommunicable-directly/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```