Nisargadatta-To be open

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Q: Experience is subjective, it cannot be shared.

Your experience leaves me where I am.

 

Maharaj:

Truth can be experienced, but it is not mere

experience. I know it and I can convey it,

but only if you are open to it. To be open means

to want nothing else.

 

Q: I am full of desires and fears.

Does it mean that I am not eligible for truth?

 

Maharaj:

Truth is not a reward for good behaviour,

nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be

brought about. It is the primary, the unborn,

the ancient source of all that is. You are eligible

because you are. You need not merit truth. It is

your own. Just stop running away by running after.

Stand still, be quiet.

 

from I Am That