"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

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

When Self-Knowledge Shines...

Sage Vasishtha

The mind that is devoted to the infinite consciousness, which is introverted and which is filled with self-knowledge, is not affected by sorrow. Even if you engage yourself in the activities relating to your daily life and even if likes and dislikes arise in you, your inner being will never become impure.

When the darkness of ignorance or of ego-sense is dispelled, the light of self-knowledge shines. That state of self-knowledge or perfect enlightenment is beyond description. Just as the sweetness of sugar is known only by direct experience, the nature of enlightenment is known only by direct experience. When the mind and the ego-sense cease, this self-knowledge arises.

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