"If you trust me, believe when I tell you that you are the pure awareness that illumines consciousness and its infinite content. Realize this and live accordingly. If you do not believe me, go within, inquiring 'What am I?' or, focus your mind on 'I am', which is pure and simple being." - Nisargadatta Maharaj
I am not so trusting. Most of us act with the promise of firsthand experience, so for us it is suggested we follow the path of self-inquiry. At first, distractions of the usual illusory sort weigh heavily. The mind is a wild mash of heavy seas. Two half hours per day may be all we can manage for many years, if that. With persistence, however, focus upon the barest sense of 'I am' slowly becomes the default, "always on" state to which we return from distraction like a rubber band snaps to its original shape. This 'I am' is shapeless, without content, without edge or border or center. Abiding here requires effortlessness and complete surrender of any personal sense of self. From there it's just a matter of ripening.
I am not so trusting. Most of us act with the promise of firsthand experience, so for us it is suggested we follow the path of self-inquiry. At first, distractions of the usual illusory sort weigh heavily. The mind is a wild mash of heavy seas. Two half hours per day may be all we can manage for many years, if that. With persistence, however, focus upon the barest sense of 'I am' slowly becomes the default, "always on" state to which we return from distraction like a rubber band snaps to its original shape. This 'I am' is shapeless, without content, without edge or border or center. Abiding here requires effortlessness and complete surrender of any personal sense of self. From there it's just a matter of ripening.
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