"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

Friday, March 30, 2012

Bliss

Sri Ramana Maharshi

The "I-thought" is like a spirit which, although not palpable, rises up simultaneously with the body, flourishes and disappears with it. The body-consciousness is the wrong "I". Give up this body-consciousness. It is done by seeking the source "I". The body does not say "I am". It is you who say, "I am the body!" Find out who this "I" is. Seeking its source it will vanish.

Q. Then, will there be bliss?

Bliss is coeval with Being-Consciousness. All the arguments relating to the eternal Being of that Bliss apply to Bliss also. Your nature is Bliss. Ignorance is now hiding that Bliss. Remove the ignorance for Bliss to be freed.

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