I AM THAT
Dialogues of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings, who is thegiver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being-- I am that. Amritbindu Upanishad
That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like theuniversal space around us, fills everything completely from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman -- that thou art.Sankaracharya
The seeker is he who is in search of himself.Give up all questions except one: ‘Who am I?’ After all, the only fact youare sure of is that you are. The ‘I am’ is certain. The ‘I am this’ is not.Struggle to find out what you are in reality.To know what you are, you must first investigate and know what you arenot. Discover all that you are not -- body, feelings thoughts, time, space, this or that -- nothing, concrete or abstract, which you perceive can be you. Thevery act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive.The clearer you understand on the level of mind you can be described innegative terms only, the quicker will you come to the end of your searchand realise that you are the limitless being.Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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