"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, June 9, 2012

Pure Being

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj


People talk of seeing God.

When you see the world you see God. There is no seeing God, apart from the world. Beyond the world, to see God is to be God. The light by which you see the world, which is God is the tiny little spark: 'I am', apparently so small, yet the first and the last in every act of knowing and loving.

Must I see the world to see God?
How else? No world, no God.

What remains?
You remain as pure being.

And what becomes of the world and of God?
Pure being (avyaktA).

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