"Anything you can know or know about, you cannot be, therefore discard it."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-am-i
27 Who am i Quotes Inspirational - Page 1
"Perhaps you're a slave to your own idea of yourself"
- D H Lawrencespiritual , D H Lawrence , concepts , introspection , prisoner , self-inquiry , self-image , who-am-i
"Get rid of all ideas about yourself, even of the idea that you are God. No self-definition is valid"
- Nisargadatta Maharaj page 187 'I Am That'
spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , concepts , god , neti-neti , no-thoughts , sadhana , self , self-image , who-am-i
"Find where the ego rises from and it will disappear"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , ego , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"Begin to spend more time diving within yourself, watching, witnessing. When thoughts pop up, simply ask yourself, 'To whom do these thoughts come? To me. I think them. Who am I? What is the source of the I?' As you do this, my friends, I can assure you a marvelous change will take place in your life, sooner or later, and you will become free."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , liberation , sadhana , self-inquiry , source-energy , who-am-i
"It is that in which thoughts appear and disappear. It is 'behind' thought"
- Jean Klein 'I Am' Location 293
spiritual , Jean Klein , be-the-witness , no-thoughts , self-realization , who-am-i
"The mind, turned outwards, results in thoughts and objects. Turned inwards, it becomes itself the Self."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i
"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 there is no 'I' there is only liberation."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , ego , liberation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , selfless , who-am-i
"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
"Follow the I, abide in the I and you will soon come to the conclusion, that I does not exist."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , ego , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i
"Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?"
- Charles Bukowskiinspiring , law-of-attraction , spiritual , Charles Bukowski , introspection , self-inquiry , who-am-i , who-you-are
"When you ego is no more, only then will you know Who You Are."
- Oshospiritual , Osho , ego , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"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
"A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox’s or bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there."
- Meister Eckhartinspiring , spiritual , Meister Eckhart , be-yourself , heart , humanity , man , self-inquiry , self-image , soul , who-am-i
"We have become unaware of the magnificence of our true nature on account of our upbringing, conditioning, and education, which paint a very different picture of who we are."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , self , self-image , who-am-i , who-you-are
"The reality in the back of the universe is pure awareness. It has no problems. And you are that."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , awareness , illusion , non-physical , pure , reality , self-inquiry , source-energy , universe , well-being , who-am-i , who-you-are
"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
"The 'you' who you think you are does not exist"
- Alan Wattsspiritual , Alan Watts , awakening , ego , illusion , neti-neti , who-am-i , who-you-are
"When you sit in the silence it will come to you. A being whose mind has become motionless, whose mind has become calm, relaxed, peaceful, begins to reflect their own divinity."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , being , calmness , divine , emptiness , empty-mind , enlightenment , inner-being , meditation , peace , self-realization , silence , who-am-i , who-you-are
"Know yourself as an inseparable part of the timeless and formless One Life from which all that exists derives its being."
- Eckhart Tollelaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Eckhart Tolle , being , self-realization , source-energy , who-am-i , who-you-are
"You are not a drop in the ocean You are the entire ocean in a drop"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , awakening , awareness , enlightenment , illusion , ocean , reality , self-realization , universe , who-am-i , who-you-are
"We are completely unaware of our true nature because we constantly identify ourselves with our body, our emotions and our thoughts, thus losing sight of our unchanging centre which is pure consciousness."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , attachment , body , consciousness , ego , inner-being , neti-neti , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"You are real. Who you think you are is an illusion."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , awakening , ego , enlightenment , illusion , reality , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"If there's a path at all- it's emptying yourself of what you're not."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awakening , emptiness , empty-mind , enlightenment , path , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"Do not let the mind tell you anything- good or bad."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , emptiness , empty-mind , non-duality , self-inquiry , silence , stillness , who-am-i
"You are not your mind."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , advaita-vedanta , awakening , detachment , liberation , mind , self-inquiry , self-realization , stillness , thought , who-am-i , who-you-are