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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Quotes: We miss the real by lack of attention, and create the unreal by excess of imagination.
         

We miss the real by lack of attention, and create the unreal by excess of imagination.


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Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what it is that you have never lost.

Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what it is that you have never lost.



Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.

Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.



Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.

Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.



You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.

You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.



There is only life, there is nobody who lives a life.

There is only life, there is nobody who lives a life.



The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me, apparently two, really one, seek unity and that is love.

The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me, apparently two, really one, seek unity and that is love.



The problem is not yours - it is your mind's only. Begin by disassociating yourself from your mind. Resolutely remind yourself that you are not the mind and that its problems are not yours.

The problem is not yours - it is your mind's only. Begin by disassociating yourself from your mind. Resolutely remind yourself that you are not the mind and that its problems are not yours.



As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self as the light behind the watcher.

As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self as the light behind the watcher.



Sometimes I feel I am everything, I call that Love. Sometimes I feel I am nothing, I call that Wisdom. Between Love and Wisdom my life continuously flows.

Sometimes I feel I am everything, I call that Love. Sometimes I feel I am nothing, I call that Wisdom. Between Love and Wisdom my life continuously flows.



Nothing can trouble you but your own imagination.

Nothing can trouble you but your own imagination.





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