Wisdom

The Infinite a sudden guestHas been assumed to be,But how can that stupendous come Which never went away? - Emily Dickinson Preface - Prior to Consciousness by Jean Dunn In one way the core of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's teaching is easy to grasp, and extremely...

Jesus Christ did not mistake himself to be merely an individual person whose life was limited within a certain range of time and place. He knew himself to be the real and eternal spirit ‘I am’, which is unlimited by time and place. That is why he said, ‘Before Abraham...

God Speaks-To-Each-Of-Us God speaks to each of us before we are, Before he's formed us — then, in cloudy speech, But only then, he speaks these words to each And silently walks with us from the dark: Driven by your senses, dare To the edge of longing. Grow Like a...

“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light of your own Being!” “Even After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, You owe me.” “One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is...

"People are afraid that when ego or mind is killed, the result may be a mere blank and not happiness. What really happens is that the thinker, the object of thought and thinking, all merge in the one Source, which is Consciousness and Bliss itself, and thus that state...

  "The radiance of consciousness-bliss in the form of one awareness shining equally within and without is the supreme and blissful primal reality whose form is Silence and which is declared by Jnanis (Realized Ones) to be the final and unobstructable state of...

John 14:20   At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Q: But does one get reborn? M: What was born must die. Only the unborn is deathless. Find what is it that never sleeps and never wakes, and whose pale reflection is our sense of...

  The Lord Is My Shepherd    Psalm23    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.    He makes me lie down in green pastures.    He leads me beside still waters    He restores my soul.    He leads me in paths of righteousness    for his name's sake.     Even though I...

Talk 146 In reply to Miss Leena Sarabhai, a cultured Indian lady of high rank, Sri Bhagavan said: The state of equanimity is the state of bliss. The declaration in the Vedas ‘I am This or That’, is only an aid to gain equanimity of mind. D.: So, it is wrong to begin...

Questioner: Would Maharaj talk about the grace of the guru? Maharaj: It is the intensity of the faith you have in the guru's words that is most important; once that is there, the grace flows automatically. The faith in the guru is based on the consciousness within,...