I am not body, nor mind - Nisargadatta

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Here are a few quotes by Nisargadatta about not being body or mind.

 

Why not investigate the very idea of body? Does the mind appear in the body

or the body in the mind? Surely there must be a mind to conceive the

"I-am-the-body" idea. A body without a mind cannot be 'my body'. 'My body'

is invariably absent when the mind is in abeyance. It is also absent when

the mind is deeply engaged in thoughts and feelings. (434)

 

You observe the heart feeling, the mind thinking, the body acting; the very

act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive. (2)

 

You are not in the body, the body is in you! The mind is in you. They

happen to you. They are there because you find them interesting. (212)

 

As you cannot see your face, but only its reflection in the mirror, so you

can know only your image reflected in the stainless mirror of pure

awareness. See the stains and remove them. The nature of the perfect mirror

is such that you cannot see it. Whatever you can see is bound to be a

stain. Turn away from it, give it up, know it as unwanted. All perceivables

are stains. (126)

 

Having perfected the mirror so that it reflects correctly, truly, you can

turn the mirror round and see in it a reflection of yourself -true as far

as the mirror can reflect. But the reflection is not yourself - you are the

seer of the reflection. Do understand it clearly - whatever you may

perceive, you are not what you perceive. You can see both the image and the

mirror. You are neither. (330)

 

Remember, nothing you perceive is your own. (510)

 

What is really your own, you are not conscious of. (445)

 

You are nothing that you are conscious of. (458)

 

 

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Cyber Dervish

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