Way cool Nis quote

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By knowing what you are not, you come to know your Self. The

way back to your Self is through refusal and rejection. One

thing is certain: the real is not imaginary, it is not a

product of the mind. Even the sense 'I am' is not continuous,

though it is a useful pointer; it shows where to seek, but

not what to seek. Just have a good look at it. Once you are

convinced that you cannot truthfully say anything except 'I

am', and that nothing that can be pointed at, can be your

Self, the need for the 'I am' is over -- you are no longer

intent on verbalizing what you are. All you need is to get

rid of the tendency to define yourself. All definitions apply

to your body only and to its expressions. Once this obsession

with the body goes, you will revert to your natural state,

spontaneously and effortlessly. ... . We discover it by being

earnest, by searching, enquiring, questioning daily and

hourly, by giving one's life to this discovery.

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This is a pretty interesting Nisargadatta quote, as it covers

a lot of important points:

 

Even the sense 'I am' is not continuous,

though it is a useful pointer...

 

Once you are convinced... that nothing that

can be pointed at, can be your Self...

 

[the point comes when]...the need for the 'I am' is over...

 

All you need is to get rid of the tendency

to define yourself.

 

All definitions apply to your body only

and to its expressions.

 

Once this obsession with the body goes,

you will revert to your natural state,

spontaneously and effortlessly.

.....

 

I find the one about " All definitions " especially interesting.

So much for theory, eh?

 

Well... per Nisargadatta, that is...

but for me these words of his pour like honey

on the sweet-tooth of the mind!

 

Bill