Between the banks of pain and pleasure

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Between the banks of pain and pleasure

the river of life flows. It is only when

the mind refuses to flow with life, and

gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes

a problem. By flowing with life, I mean

acceptance - letting come what comes

and go what goes. Desire not, fear not,

observe the actual, as and when it

happens, for you are not what happens,

you are to whom it happens. Ultimately

even the observer you are not.

 

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

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" I Am That "

Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The Acorn Press, 1973