Why not the real itself?

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By itself nothing has existence. Everything needs

its own absence. To be, is to be distinguishable,

to be here and not there, to be now and not then,

to be thus and not otherwise. Like water is shaped

by the container, so is everything determined by

conditions (gunas). As water remains water

regardless of the vessels, as light remains itself

regardless of the colours it brings out, so does the

real remain real, regardless of conditions in which

it is reflected. Why keep the reflection only in the

focus of consciousness? Why not the real itself?

 

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

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This quotation is from:

" I Am That "

Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The Acorn Press, 1973