Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Q: What exactly do you want me to do?
M: Give your heart and mind to brooding over the I AM, what is it, how is it, what is its source, its life, its meaning. It is very much like digging a well. You reject all that is not water, till you reach the life-giving spring.
Q: How shall I know that I am moving in the right direction?
M: By your progress in intentness, in clarity and devotion to the task.
Q: We, Europeans, find it very difficult to keep quiet. The world is too much with us.
M: Oh no, you are dreamers too. We differ only in the contents of our dreams. You are after perfection - in the future. We are intent on finding it - in the now. The limited only is perfectible. The unlimited is already perfect. You are perfect, only you don't know it. Learn to know yourself and you will discover wonders.
All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant flight from pain and search for pleasure is a sign of love you bear for your self, all I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect. Deny yourself nothing - glue your self infinity and eternity and discover that you do not need them; you are beyond.
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