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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj teaches that consciousness is the foundation of reality, meaning desire and fear create the world, while objective observation causes illusions to dissolve.

Source of Reality: Consciousness gives reality to things instead of receiving it from them.

Power of Acceptance: Things exist because they are accepted; stopping this acceptance makes them vanish.

Role of Desire and Fear: Thinking with desire or fear makes objects appear real, while watching without emotion removes their substance.

Transcending Duality: Pleasure and pain are brief, making it easier to ignore them than to react to them.

The True Knower ~ Ashtavakra Gita Ch.17

17. The liberated one neither abhors the objects of the senses nor craves for them. Ever with a detached mind he experiences them as they come.

18. The wise one of vacant mind knows not the conflict of contemplation and non-contemplation, good and evil. He abides as it were in the state of Absoluteness.

19. Devoid of the feeling of "I" and "mine", knowing for certain that nothing is, and with all his inner desires set at rest, the man of Knowledge does not act though he may be acting.

20. An indescribable state is attained by the wise one whose mind has melted away, its functions having ceased to operate, and who is free from delusion, dreaming or dullness.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

✨ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj ✨

A𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲: 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞!

𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫: If there is only the sense of being in the

"𝐈 𝐀𝐦,” where do concepts come in?

𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚̄𝐫𝐚̄𝐣: Because of the 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, the mind flow is there. 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑠! Look at your root, the child consciousness, and finish it off.

𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫: The difficulty lies in the fact that all consciousness is identical, so how to get to the root?

𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚̄𝐫𝐚̄𝐣: This consciousness is a tree, but there was a seed - go to the seed! The consciousness you have now is the same as the child consciousness; hold on to that, that is enough. So long as the consciousness is there everything is so important to you, but if that vanishes, then what is the worth of this whole world to you? Who is the knower of the seed? Give attention to 𝒉𝒐𝒘 this "𝐈 𝐀𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬" has appeared - then you will know. Accept this identification only: that you are this manifest 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, the very soul of the universe, of this life that you observe, and presently you are just wearing this bodily attire.

Make a note of it; you have taken down so many things in life, just for fun, why don't you take this down also and see what happens? See what happens when you look at the moon and know that the moon is there provided you are there.

Yoga Philosophy (Drashta): The seer is pure seeing, an unchanging watcher (Purusha) that is lit up only by its own true nature rather than external objects.

Advaita Vedanta: Pure consciousness acts as the primal lamp that reveals both the mind and the world, remaining present whether thoughts are active or still.