"Know yourself to be the changeless witness of the changeful mind. That is enough."
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
"Know yourself to be the changeless witness of the changeful mind. That is enough."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , be-the-witness , neti-neti , who-you-are
"Love is will, the will to share your happiness with all. Being happy -making happy- this is the rhythm of love."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , ecstasy , happiness , happy , joy , love , sharing
"Anything you can know or know about, you cannot be, therefore discard it."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"The more we are conscious, the deeper the joy."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awareness , bliss , consciousness , joy
"The gnani is afraid of nothing"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , fearless , jnani , self-realization
"Get rid of all ideas about yourself, even of the idea that you are God. No self-definition is valid"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , concepts , god , neti-neti , no-thoughts , sadhana , self , self-image , who-am-i
"A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , all-is-well , empty-mind , enlightenment , quietness
"The world is but a show, glittering and empty. It appears exactly as it looks, but there is no depth in it, nor meaning. Only the onlooker is real."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , broader-perspective , emptiness , illusion , reality , self
"There is nothing wrong with the world What is wrong is in the way you look at it"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , all-is-well , broader-perspective , illusion , non-duality , perception , world
"Stay open and quiet, that is all. What you seek is so near you."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awareness , open-minded , quietness , seeking-god , self-realization
"When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life flows."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , emptiness , inner-being , life , unconditional-love , we-are-all-one , who-am-i , wisdom
"When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , be-the-witness , emptiness , infinite , self-inquiry , silence , who-am-i
"Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , meditation , silence , spirit-guides
"Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy."
- Nisargadatta Maharajinspiring , spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , all-is-well , beauty , ecstasy , journey , life , relax , slow-down , wisdom
"I am not an object in consciousness but it's source, it's witness, pure shapeless awareness."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , awareness , be-the-witness , consciousness , pure , source-energy , spirit , who-am-i
"You cannot change the course of events, but you can change your attitude and what really matters is the attitude and not the bare event."
- Nisargadatta Maharajinspiring , spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , attitude , change , circumstances , make-peace , positive-thinking , reaction , worry
"A spark of truth can burn up a mountain of lies."
- Nisargadatta Maharajinspiring , spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , illusion , truth
"Let go your attachment to the unreal and the real will swiftly and smoothly step into its own."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , attachment , awakening , detachment , illusion , neti-neti , reality
"Your true nature is always full and complete. Do not disturb it with your mind."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , empty-mind , no-thoughts , perfection , quietness , source-energy , stillness , who-am-i , who-you-are
"Awareness is unattached and unshaken. It is lucid, silent, peaceful, alert and unafraid."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awareness , calmness , detachment , fearless , peace , silence , unshakeable
"You are responsible only for what you can change. All you can change is your attitude. There lies your responsibility."
- Nisargadatta Maharajinspiring , law-of-attraction , spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , attitude , change , conditions , detachment , self-control
"There is only one meditation- the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , be-the-witness , empty-mind , meditation , neti-neti , non-duality , thought
"The mind creates time and space and takes its own creations for reality. All is here and now, but we do not see it. Truly, all is in me and by me. There is nothing else."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , awareness , illusion , mind , moments , now , reality
"I see no difference between you and me. My life is a succession of events, just like yours. Only I am detached and see the passing show as a passing show, while you stick to things and move along with them."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , be-the-witness , detachment , jnani , neti-neti , non-duality
"Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realisation that you are the source and heart of all will dawn upon you. With this will come great love which is not choice or predilection, nor attachment, but a power which makes all things love-worthy and lovable."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , attachment , awakening , detachment , divine , enlightenment , neti-neti , self-realization , source-energy , unconditional-love , who-you-are
"Ignore the mind the way you disregard the crowd you encounter in the streets."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , be-the-witness , detachment , empty-mind , negative-thinking , non-duality , thought
"Ultimately nothing is mine or yours, everything is ours. Just be one with yourself and you will be one with all, at home in the entire universe."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , alignment , home , self-realization , unity , universe , vortex
"Nobody suffers in a play, unless one identifies himself with it. Don't identify yourself with the world and you will not suffer."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , detachment , illusion , non-duality , reality , suffering
"When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find that it is permeated with a light and a love you have never known; and yet you recognize it at once as your own nature."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , empty-mind , enlightenment , inner-being , light , meditation , quietness , self-realization , source-energy , stillness , who-you-are
"All the treasures of nature and spirit are open to the man who will use his mind rightly."
- Nisargadatta Maharajlaw-of-attraction , Nisargadatta Maharaj , abundance , art-of-allowing , independence , inner , mind , prosperity , spirit , subconscious , support , treasure , universe , well-being
"Realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and stop finding fault with the reflection. Attend to yourself, set yourself right- mentally and emotionally. The physical will follow automatically."
- Nisargadatta Maharajlaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , alignment , change , circumstances , emotion , fear , life , manifestation , mentality , mind , mirror , problems , reflection , self-improvement
"In reality nothing is lacking and nothing is needed, all work is on the surface only. In the depths there is perfect peace."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , action , all-is-well , awakening , consciousness , inner , inner-being , life , non-physical , peace , perfection , reality , self-realization , stress , well-being , who-you-are , within-yourself , work , worry
"In being there is silent peace."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , being , inner-being , non-duality , peace , quietness , silence , tranquility
"Do realize that it is not you who moves from dream to dream, but the dreams flow before you, and you are the immutable witness. No happening affects your real being- that is the absolute truth."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , all-is-well , be-the-witness , being , dreams , illusion , inner-being , invincible , reality , self-realization , stillness , truth , well-being , who-you-are