Quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj

Having never left the house you are looking for the way home

Past and future are in the mind only - I am now.

If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. Its your restlessness that causes chaos.

Love tells me I'm everything. Wisdom tells me I'm nothing. Between the two, my life flows.

"When I realize I am nothing that's wisdom and when I realize I am everything that's love and between the two my life turns."   -Nisargadatta Maharaj

When I see that I am nothing, that is wisdom.  When I see that I am everything, that is love.  My life is a river between these two.

I ask you only to stop imagining that you were born, have parents, are a body, will die and so on. Just try, make a beginning--it is not as hard as you think.

Use your mind. Remember. Observe.
You are not different from others.
Most of their experiences are valid for you too.
Think clearly and deeply,
go into the structure of your desires
and their ramifications.
They are a most important part of your mental
and emotional make-up
and powerfully affect your actions.
Remember, you cannot abandon what you do not know.
To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.

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

There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.