"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Realize your true nature


Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:

There is no form or shape for this principle (beingness), just as the vital breath has no form, which is, however, dynamic and pulsating. The vital breath alone gives animation to the body and it will operate so long as the body is healthy.

Whatever is seen and perceived is continuously in a state of creation and destruction, but You in your true nature are unborn and indestructible. Unless you realize your true nature, there will be no peace for you.

No matter how much you strive to acquire any worldly gains, they are bound to go; so also your concepts and various identities. Even if you follow any religion in the hope of obtaining something permanent from the outside, you will be sorely disappointed. The main purpose of true spirituality is to liberate oneself completely from one's concepts and conditionings.

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