Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Navnath Guru (Mahasamadhi 08-Sep-81). Sadhana focusing the mind on 'I am'. Currently quoting 'I Am That' (tr-Frydman) in the AM & 'Prior to Consciousness' (tr-Dunn) in the PM. (UTC-5:00)
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The sense ‘I am’ is the manifestation of a deeper cause, which you may call self, God, Reality or by any other name. The ‘I am’ is in the world; but it is the key which can open the door out of the world.
December 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The sense ‘I am’ is the manifestation of a deeper cause, which you may call self, God, Reality or by any other name. The ‘I am’ is in the world; but it is the key which can open the door out of the world.
You may go one way or another — but each time it will be the right way at the moment; just go whole-heartedly, don’t waste time on doubting or hesitating.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
You may go one way or another — but each time it will be the right way at the moment; just go whole-heartedly, don’t waste time on doubting or hesitating.
Does it matter whether you pull the cart or push it, as long as it is kept rolling? You may feel attracted to reality at one time and repelled from the false at another; these are only moods which alternate; both are needed for perfect freedom.
December 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Does it matter whether you pull the cart or push it, as long as it is kept rolling? You may feel attracted to reality at one time and repelled from the false at another; these are only moods which alternate; both are needed for perfect freedom.
Even the sense of ‘I am’ is composed of the pure light and the sense of being. The ‘I’ is there even without the ‘am’. So is the pure light there whether you say ‘I’ or not. Become aware of that pure light and you will never lose it.
December 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Even the sense of ‘I am’ is composed of the pure light and the sense of being. The ‘I’ is there even without the ‘am’. So is the pure light there whether you say ‘I’ or not. Become aware of that pure light and you will never lose it.
Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelt, felt or thought, expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality.
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelt, felt or thought, expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality.
When you look at anything, it is the ultimate you see, but you imagine that you see a cloud or a tree. Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all.
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When you look at anything, it is the ultimate you see, but you imagine that you see a cloud or a tree. Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all.
That which creates and sustains the world, you may call it God or providence, but ultimately you are the proof that God exists, not the other way round. For, before any question about God can be put, you must be there to put it.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That which creates and sustains the world, you may call it God or providence, but ultimately you are the proof that God exists, not the other way round. For, before any question about God can be put, you must be there to put it.
Just as the colours in this carpet are brought out by light but light is not the colour, so is the world caused by you but you are not the world.
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Just as the colours in this carpet are brought out by light but light is not the colour, so is the world caused by you but you are not the world.
However is the picture, beautiful or ugly, you are painting it and you are not bound by it. Realize that there is nobody to force it on you, that it is due to the habit of taking the imaginary to be real. See the imaginary as imaginary and be free of fear.
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
However is the picture, beautiful or ugly, you are painting it and you are not bound by it. Realize that there is nobody to force it on you, that it is due to the habit of taking the imaginary to be real. See the imaginary as imaginary and be free of fear.
Once you realize that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a world that does not exist, except in your own imagination!
December 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Once you realize that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a world that does not exist, except in your own imagination!
Only your sense ‘I am’, though in the world, is not of the world. By no effort of logic or imagination can you change the ‘I am’ into ‘I am not’. In the very denial of your being you assert it.
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Only your sense ‘I am’, though in the world, is not of the world. By no effort of logic or imagination can you change the ‘I am’ into ‘I am not’. In the very denial of your being you assert it.
The main point to grasp is that you have projected onto yourself a world of your own imagination, based on memories, on desires and fears, and that you have imprisoned yourself in it. Break the spell and be free.
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The main point to grasp is that you have projected onto yourself a world of your own imagination, based on memories, on desires and fears, and that you have imprisoned yourself in it. Break the spell and be free.
The world of Absolute Reality, onto which your mind has projected a world of relative unreality is independent of yourself, for the very simple reason that it is yourself.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The world of Absolute Reality, onto which your mind has projected a world of relative unreality is independent of yourself, for the very simple reason that it is yourself.
God is only an idea in your mind. The fact is you. The only thing you know for sure is: ‘here and now I am’. Remove, the ‘here and now’ the ‘I am’ remains, unassailable.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
God is only an idea in your mind. The fact is you. The only thing you know for sure is: ‘here and now I am’. Remove, the ‘here and now’ the ‘I am’ remains, unassailable.
Just as all the little watery lives are in water and cannot be without water, so all the universe is in you and cannot be without you.
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just as all the little watery lives are in water and cannot be without water, so all the universe is in you and cannot be without you.
The body appears in your mind, your mind is the content of your consciousness; you are the motionless witness of the river of consciousness which changes eternally without changing you in any way. Your own changelessness is so obvious that you do not notice it.
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The body appears in your mind, your mind is the content of your consciousness; you are the motionless witness of the river of consciousness which changes eternally without changing you in any way. Your own changelessness is so obvious that you do not notice it.
Life is seeking, one cannot help seeking. When all search ceases, it is the Supreme State.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Life is seeking, one cannot help seeking. When all search ceases, it is the Supreme State.
The desire for truth is the highest of all desires, yet, it is still a desire. All desires must be given up for the real to be. Remember that you are. This is your working capital. Rotate it and there will be much profit.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The desire for truth is the highest of all desires, yet, it is still a desire. All desires must be given up for the real to be. Remember that you are. This is your working capital. Rotate it and there will be much profit.
Don’t concern yourself with others, take care of yourself. You know that you are. Don’t burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real nature.
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Don’t concern yourself with others, take care of yourself. You know that you are. Don’t burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real nature.
Don’t call it a way; it is more a kind of skill. It is not even that. Stay open and quiet, that is all. What you seek is so near you, that there is no place for a way.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Don’t call it a way; it is more a kind of skill. It is not even that. Stay open and quiet, that is all. What you seek is so near you, that there is no place for a way.
When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing then the Supreme State will come to you uninvited and unexpected!
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing then the Supreme State will come to you uninvited and unexpected!
The jnani shows no tendency to proclaim himself to be a jnani. He considers himself to be perfectly normal, true to his real nature. Proclaiming oneself to be an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipotent deity is a clear sign of ignorance.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The jnani shows no tendency to proclaim himself to be a jnani. He considers himself to be perfectly normal, true to his real nature. Proclaiming oneself to be an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipotent deity is a clear sign of ignorance.
All those who have realized on the spot, by mere touch, look or thought, have been ripe for it. But such are very few. The majority needs some time for ripening. Sadhana is accelerated ripening.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
All those who have realized on the spot, by mere touch, look or thought, have been ripe for it. But such are very few. The majority needs some time for ripening. Sadhana is accelerated ripening.
See what you are. Don’t ask others, don’t let others tell you about yourself. Look within and see. All the teacher can tell you is only this.
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
See what you are. Don’t ask others, don’t let others tell you about yourself. Look within and see. All the teacher can tell you is only this.
In the light of consciousness all sorts of things happen and one need not give special importance to any. The sight of a flower is as marvellous as the vision of God. Let them be. Why remember them and then make memory into a problem?
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the light of consciousness all sorts of things happen and one need not give special importance to any. The sight of a flower is as marvellous as the vision of God. Let them be. Why remember them and then make memory into a problem?