"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

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Finite in the Infinite

Sage Vasishtha

Neither goldless ringness nor limited egotism exists in truth. When the goldsmith sells the ring he weighs out the gold: for it is gold. If one were to discuss the existence of the ringness in the ring, and the finite form in the infinite consciousness, then one has to compare it with a barren woman's son.  The existence of the unreal is unreal: it arises in ignorance and vanishes when enquired into.

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That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings,
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I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad