"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

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Seeker is the sought!


Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:

The Absolute Noumenality manifests itself through millions of forms which are created and destroyed every moment, and in this spontaneous functioning there is no place at all for the notion of any entity. Therefore any action - positive or negative - based on the notion of an autonomous, independent entity  implies a fundamental failure to grasp the essentials of Advaita. So long as there is a pseudo-entity considering itself a seeker and working towards 'liberation', it will continue to remain in 'bondage'. It must be deeply, intuitively perceived that the seeker is the sought. When this happens, the seeker disappears.

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