I was introduced to the words of Nisargadatta Maharaj by my Dear Mentor, Dr. Kenneth G. Mills, without whose instruction and example as Presence the following quotes would have no meaning for me. I offer them as an invitation in the consideration of what constitutes our right Identity, That, which we are before we think we are this, and without which there could not be the perception of thought.
"The search for reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings for it destroys the world in which you live."
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"I do not accept paths... All paths lead to unreality. Paths are creations within the scope of knowledge. Therefore, paths and movements cannot transport you into reality because their function is to enmesh you within the dimension of knowledge, while reality prevails prior to it."
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"Realization is of the fact that you are not a person."
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"Personal entity and enlightenment cannot go together."
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"There can be no person that is Self-realized."
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"Why does this conflict normally occur? Why this dispute between us? People come here with some profound concept of spirituality. They think they have spiritual knowledge and they want me to give them a clean certificate: "yes, you are knowledgeable". This I don't do. I blast their concepts, and hence the confrontation... All knowledge is ignorance."
-Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Beautiful post. Really aware of the precision, grace and power of what Nisargadatta flowed with int he one consciousness. Just cuts everything false and either strikes down or wobbles any attempt to deal with the truth on a pure cognitive, mind-made level.
After reading more about Sri Nasirgadatta Maharaj, I had a poem arise about the Beedie Baba. The link on my blog, called Psipplex is:
http://www.psiplex.com/index.php?id=1509335358535769583?v=2
Thank you again for this fresh air in sharing the quotes!
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