"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

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Hold Onto the Self

Sri Lakshmana Swamy

The thought "I want to realize the Self in this lifetime" is an obstacle to realization. You are the Self now. Imagining that the Self is something that can be discovered in the future is a mental activity which keeps attention away from the Self. Hold on to the Self from moment to moment and don't concern yourself with anything else.

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सर्वानुग्राहकत्वेन तद्स्म्यहं वासुदेवः॥

That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings,
who is the giver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being:
I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad