Guest guest Posted August 11, 2001 Report Share Posted August 11, 2001 > Why not the real itself? > > > ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` > > By itself nothing has existence. Everything needs > its own absence. To be, is to be distinguishable, > to be here and not there, to be now and not then, > to be thus and not otherwise. Like water is shaped > by the container, so is everything determined by > conditions (gunas). As water remains water > regardless of the vessels, as light remains itself > regardless of the colours it brings out, so does the > real remain real, regardless of conditions in which > it is reflected. Why keep the reflection only in the > focus of consciousness? Why not the real itself? > > - Nisargadatta Maharaj > > ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` > >This quotation is from: >"I Am That" >Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj >The Acorn Press, 1973 ----- Tim's Websites -- WWW Hub: http://core.vdirect.net Radio Site: http://swlinks.webalias.com Spiritual: http://coresite.cjb.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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