"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

Thursday, September 20, 2012

It is all in the Mind

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Q. It is difficult. Can I realize the Self, Maharaj? Kindly tell me. It looks so difficult.
You are already the Self. Therefore realization is common to everyone. Realization knows no difference in the aspirants. This very doubt, "Can I realize?" or the feeling, "I have not realized" are the obstacles. Be free from these also.

Q. But there should be the experience. Unless I have the experience how can I be free from these afflicting thoughts?
These are also in the mind. They are there because you have identified yourself with the body. If this false identity drops away, ignorance vanishes and Truth is revealed.

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