Appearance and reality

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I do not negate the world. I see it as appearing

in consciousness, which is the totality of the

known in the immensity of the unknown. What

begins and ends is mere appearance. The world

can be said to appear, but not to " be. " The

appearance may last very long on some scale of

time, and be very short on another, but ultimately

it comes to the same. Whatever is time bound is

momentary and has no reality.

 

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

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" I Am That "

Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The Acorn Press, 1973