It is not what you do, but what you stop doing that matters. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj More Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj More Quotes From Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj foundation yoga attitude You will get to your maturity quickly if you stay in the nothingness. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj nothingness maturity ifs I find that somehow, by shifting the focus of attention, I become the very thing I look at, and experience the kind of consciousness it has; I become the inner witness of the thing. I call this capacity of entering other focal points of consciousness, love; you may give it any name you like. Love says "I am everything". Wisdom says "I am nothing". Between the two, my life flows. Since at any point of time and space I can be both the subject and the object of experience, I express it by saying that I am both, and neither, and beyond both. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj like-love wisdom love-you Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj wisdom love life 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.....When all search ceases, it is the Supreme State. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj real spiritual desire Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse it the stamp of reality. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj dream reality looks When all names and forms have been given up, the real is with you. You need not seek it. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj real names needs Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care of itself. You do not tidy up a dark room. You open the windows first. Letting in the light makes everything easy. So, let us wait with improving others until we see ourselves as we are/ and have changed. There is no need to turn round and round in endless questioning; find yourself and everything will fall into its proper place. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj light dark fall Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life, and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj pain mind rivers There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged. Such moments are most desirable, for it means the soul has cast its moorings and is sailing for distant places. This is detachment -- when the old is over and the new has not yet come. If you are afraid, the state may be distressing, but there is really nothing to be afraid of. Remember the instruction: Whatever you come across -- go beyond. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj sailing soul mean There is no such thing as unconsciousness for it is not experienceable. We infer unconsciousness when there is a lapse in memory or communication. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj lapses communication memories When you desire the common good, the whole world desires with you. Make humanity's desire your own and work for it. There you cannot fail. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj humanity desire world Suffering is a call for inquiry, all pain needs investigation. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj pain suffering inspirational Your own self is your ultimate teacher. The outer teacher is merely a milestone. It is only your inner teacher that will walk with you to the goal, for he is the goal Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj goal self teacher Live your life without hurting anybody. Harmlessness is a most powerful form of Yoga and it will take you speedily to your goal. This is what I call nisarga yoga, the Natural yoga. It is the art of living in peace and harmony, in friendliness and love. The fruit of it is happiness, uncaused and endless. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj powerful hurt art Multiplicity without strife is joy. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj multiplicity strife joy I do not suffer; I cannot suffer because I am not an object. Of course there is suffering. But do you realize what this suffering is? I am the suffering. Whatever is manifested, I am the functioning. Whatever is perceptible I am the perceiving of it. Whatever is done I am the doing of it; I am the doer of it, and, understand this, I am also that which is done. In fact, I am the total functioning. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj doers done suffering The legitimate function of the mind is to tell you what is not. But if you want positive knowledge, you must go beyond the mind. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj function mind want Steady faith is stronger than destiny. Destiny is the result of causes, mostly accidental, and is therefore loosely woven. Confidence and good hope will overcome it easily. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj stronger destiny overcoming There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person. The person merely appears to be, like the space within the pot appears to have the shape and volume and smell of the pot. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj smell space identity
