How does one reach the Supreme State?
Questioner: How does one reach the Supreme State? Nisargadatta Maharaj: By renouncing all lesser desires. As long as you are pleased with the lesser, you cannot have the highest. Whatever pleases you,...
View ArticleBe as simple as you can be
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” Paramahansa Yogananda
View ArticleThe Ocean does not forget that it is a wave, but the wave forgets that it is...
The Ocean does not forget that it is a wave, but the wave forgets that it is an Ocean. This is “why” there is manifestation; for sake of play this forgetfulness arises. The world is only for...
View ArticleThe object is to make the mind one-pointed
Reality being your Self, there is nothing for you to realise. All that is required is that you should give up regarding the unreal as real… As for sadhana, there are many methods. You may do vichara,...
View ArticleUnmanifest reveals Himself through the world of manifestation
In whichever direction you may turn your gaze you will find One Eternal Indivisible Being manifested. Yet it is not at all easy to detect this Presence, because He interpenetrates everything. As a...
View ArticleIn the dance of life, yet absolutely still
My life is infinitely broad. I can be in the dance, yet I am absolutely still. You are not a one-coloured rainbow, you can be all of this. I can go into hell itself and have chai with the devil. We...
View ArticleJust stay aware and witness marvelous life
In life, take the attitude that everything is already as it should be, just as it is, and find fault with nothing, but respond to everything naturally. There is no need to identify yourself as any...
View ArticleSee the absolute and the relative world as an undivided whole
Q: How do I live and manifest in the relative world the truth that I know through deep spiritual experience? Adya: Let your inner spiritual revelation become deep enough to include the whole world of...
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