Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Q. In your daily life are you always conscious of your real state?
M. Neither conscious, nor unconscious. I do not need convictions. I live on courage. Courage is my essence, which is love of life. I am free of memories and anticipations, unconcerned with what I am and what I am not. I am not addicted to self-descriptions, soham and brahmasmi (I am He, I am Brahman) are of no use to me, I have the courage to be as nothing and to see the world as it is: nothing. It sounds simple, just try it!
Q. But what gives you that courage?
M. How perverted are your views! Need courage be given? Your question implies anxiety is the normal state and courage is abnormal. It is the other way round. Anxiety and hope are born of imagination - I am free of both. I am simple being and I need nothing to rest on.
Q. Unless you know yourself, of what use is your being to you? To be happy with what you are, you must know what you are.
M. Being shines as knowing, knowing is warm in love. It is all one. You imagine separations and trouble yourself with questions. Don't concern yourself over much with formulations. Pure being cannot be described.
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