Have you ever asked yourself the question ‘is nonduality dangerous?’ These quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj from the book ‘I Am That’ will help answer that question. Nisargadatta Maharaj quotes from ‘I Am That’ on nonduality First, let’s explore the question: […]
“Maya means self-love. It indicates that all appearances are deceptive… In this world, the infatuation for self-love is the highest. This is the primary illusion, the original enchantment. Your self-love is seen by you as the world. The world is […]
…doing Sadhana [spiritual practice] means assuming the existence of a phantom. Who is to do Sadhana and for what purpose? Is it not enough to see the false as false? The entity that you think you are is false. You […]
The seemingly unlimited multiverse is only a minuscule display of your inexhaustible power to be. To be a human being, however exquisite and successful in worldly terms, is not your final manifestation; you are something else beyond the limited domain […]
What does Nisargadatta mean? Ni = Nis = Nir = without (beyond) Sarga = things, phenomena Nisarga = beyond phenomenon, ‘without’ things Datta = sharing or giving ‘Nisargadatta’ means: sharer of that which is beyond phenomena ‘Nisarga Yoga’ means: union with that which is beyond phenomena What […]
“The Nisarga Yoga, the ‘natural’ Yoga of Maharaj, is disconcertingly simple – the mind, which is all-becoming, must recognise and penetrate its own being, not as being this or that, here or there, then or now, but just as timeless being.” […]
As we release our stories of aversion and attraction with nondual mindfulness, we meet the present moment with a lucid and gentle responsiveness. If we dare to look and surrender, or rather realize that we are already surrendered, we rise […]
The Sanskrit word yoga (or “connection,” “union”) refers to a range of meditative practices intended to provide the means for rigorous attention and discrimination. Far from merely being a set of physical postures, yoga is the slowing down and eventual […]
We usually search for what we most deeply desire within the impermanent appearances of life: within thoughts, states, feelings, self-concepts, and other people. If we can reinforce this stuff, we think, everything will work out well. But in reality, these […]
In being out of sync with our true nondual Self, we’re shut off from what’s truly happening, and our ego stories (“ I’m not enough,” “I’m inferior,” “I’m superior,” etc.) are compelling and all-consuming. Without mindfulness our chattering minds influence […]
