Seeker: You keep talking about the state of presence as the key. I think I understand it intellectually, but I don’t know if I have ever truly experienced it. I wonder — is it what I think it is, or is it something entirely different? …Seeker: What do you mean by “rooted within yourself”? Eckhart Tolle: It means to inhabit … Read More
How can I too come to this awareness?
Q: Seekers who visited Maharaj wanted to know how they too, could come to this awareness. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: How do you go about finding anything? By keeping your mind and heart on it. Interest there must be, and steady remembrance. To remember what needs to be remembered is the secret of success. You come to it through earnestness. Seek … Read More
What is the relationship between “Eternal” and “non-Eternal” on the one hand, and “real”” and “false” on the other? How do you make the jump?
Except from a talk by Swami Sarvapriyananda: No Mind Q&A June 3, 2018 Just because something is non-eternal, temporary doesn’t mean it’s not real. That’s what that’s our reaction, all of this [pointing to the world], it is non-eternal, we know. And yes, of course, it’s very good, very soon we’re going to bring the session to a close. It’s … Read More