The Contributions of Maharaj to Infinity Consciousness
Replace self-love
with the love of Self, enjoins Maharaj. Infinite awareness is the essence of the enlightened state.
As life before death is but imagination, so is
life after. The dream continues.
Maharaj
Awareness itself is all important, not the content
of it. Deepen and broaden awareness of yourself and all the blessings will flow. You need not seek anything, all will come
to you most naturally and effortlessly
Maharaj
Pain and pleasure always go together. Freedom
from one means freedom from both. If you do not care for pleasure, you will not be afraid of pain. But there is happiness
which is neither, which is completely beyond.
Maharaj
The personality is but a product of the imagination.
The self is the victim of this imagination.
Maharaj
There is no such thing as peace of mind; mind means
disturbance, restlessness itself is mind.
Just remember yourself . ‘I am,’ is
enough to heal your mind and take you beyond.
Maharaj
Desire gives birth to our personal world. The real
world is beyond the mind’s ken; we see it through the net of our desires, divided into pleasure and pain, right and
wrong, inner and outer. To see the universe as it is you must step beyond the net. It is not hard to do so, for the net is
full of holes. Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love, happiness
and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and overeat, you want friendship and exploit. See your net
as made of such contradictions and remove them—your very seeing them will make them go.
Maharaj
In my world, nothing ever goes wrong
Maharaj
(Wouldn’t you like to live in that world?
Your ego never will; your true self always does).
You do not have any problems, only your body has
problems
Maharaj
(It couldn’t be said any simpler: you are
not your body).
It is enough to know what you are not. What you
are you will never know, for every discovery reveals new dimensions to conquer. The unknown has no limits.
Maharaj
(And you are that unknown and un-knowable, infinite
being)
Give your sacred self your full attention,
examine it with loving care and you will discover heights and depths of being which you did not dream of, engrossed as your
are in your puny image of yourself.
Maharaj
(If we consider our puny image of ourself, we can
understand why wonder everyone is mad as hell)
When you know that you lack nothing, that all there
is, is you and yours, desire ceases.
Maharaj
The world is the abode of desires and fears. You
cannot find peace in it. For peace you must go beyond the world.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
