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" What prevents the insight into one's true nature is the weakness

and obtuseness of the mind and its tendency to skip the subtle and

focus the gross only. When you follow my advice and try to keep your

mind on the notion of " I am " only, you become fully aware of your

mind and its vagaries. Awareness, being lucid harmony (satva) in

action, dissolves dullness and quiets the restlessness of the mind,

and gently but steadily changes its very substance. This change need

not be spectacular; it may be hardly noticeable; yet it is a deep and

fundamental shift from darkness into light, from inadvertence to

awareness. For this, keep steadily in the focus of consciousness the

only clue you have: your certainty of being. Be with it, play with

it, ponder over it, delve deeply into it, till the shell of

ignorance breaks open and you emerge into the realm of reality. "

 

~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Nisargadatta , shawn <shawn@w...> wrote:

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> " What prevents the insight into one's true nature is the weakness

> and obtuseness of the mind and its tendency to skip the subtle and

> focus the gross only. When you follow my advice and try to keep your

> mind on the notion of " I am " only, you become fully aware of your

> mind and its vagaries. Awareness, being lucid harmony (satva) in

> action, dissolves dullness and quiets the restlessness of the mind,

> and gently but steadily changes its very substance. This change need

> not be spectacular; it may be hardly noticeable; yet it is a deep and

> fundamental shift from darkness into light, from inadvertence to

> awareness. For this, keep steadily in the focus of consciousness the

> only clue you have: your certainty of being. Be with it, play with

> it, ponder over it, delve deeply into it, till the shell of

> ignorance breaks open and you emerge into the realm of reality. "

>

> ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

 

many many thanks Shawn, I added this

to my page of I am under construction

 

Love, Karta