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From NDS.

 

 

" Be As You Are "

The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

edited by David Godman

posted to Along the Way

 

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Q. Is there not a state of absolute perfection which does not decay?

 

M. Whatever has a beginning must have an end. In the timeless all is

perfect, here and now.

 

Q. But shall we reach the timeless in due course?

 

M. In due course we shall come back to the starting point. Time

cannot take us out of time, as space cannot take us out of space. All

you get by waiting is more waiting. Absolute perfection is here and

now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action-- here

and now. It is your behavior that blinds you to yourself. Disregard

whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely

perfect -- whatever your idea of perfection may be. All you need is

courage.

 

Q. Where do I find such courage?

 

M. My grace is telling you now: look within. All you need you have.

Use it. Behave as best you know, do what you think you should.

Don't be afraid of mistakes; you can always correct them, only

intentions matter. The shape things take is not within your power;

the motives of your actions are.

 

--Nisargadatta Maharaj

From " I Am That "

 

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" What you are in essence is self-shining, pure intelligence. The very

idea of shining implies a movement. Movement is energy. So, I call it

'pure intelligence-energy'. It is shining through your eyes. You

cannot say what it is, and you cannot negate it either. It is 'no thing'.

It cannot be objectified. It ever expresses as that living, vibrant

sense of presence, which translates through the mind as the thought

'I am'. The primary thought 'I am' is not the reality. It is the closest

the mind or thought can ever get to reality, for reality to the mind is

inconceivable. It is no thing. Without the thought 'I am', is it

stillness? Is it silence? Or is there a vibrancy about it, a livingness, a

self-shining-ness? All these expressions are mental concepts or

pointers towards it, but the bottom line is that you know that you

are. You cannot negate that knowing that you are. It is not a dead,

empty, silent stillness. It is not about keeping the mind silent, but

seeing that what is prior to the mind is the very livingness itself. It is

very subtle. "

 

" When you see that that is what you are, then the very subtleness

expresses itself. That is the uncaused joy. Nisargadatta puts it

beautifully. He puts it in the negative. 'There is nothing wrong any

more.' We think that we have to attain something and then stay

there. Realize that you have never left it at any time. It is

effortless. You don't have to try or strive or grasp or hold. You are

That. "

 

--Bob Adamson, from the Preface to " What's Wrong With Right Now

Unless You Think About It? "