'Being the source of everything, it is in everything' ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj'

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M: Again, it all depends on how you look at it. On the verbal level everything is relative. Absolutes should be experienced, not discussed.

Q: How is the Absolute experienced?

M: It is not an object to be recognized and stored up in memory. It is in the present and in feeling rather. It has more to do with the 'how' than with the 'what'. It is in the quality, in the value; being the source of everything, it is in everything.

Q: If it is the source, why and how does it manifest itself? M: It gives birth to consciousness. All else is in consciousness.

'I AM THAT' no 20 - Nisargadatta Maharaj

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'When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."

Jesus Christ in the 'Gospel of Thomas'

I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
How are you?
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
What is God?

If you think that the Truth can be known
From words,
If you think that the Sun and the Ocean
Can pass through that tiny opening
Called the mouth,
O someone should start laughing!
Someone should start wildly
Laughing Now!
- Hafiz

'SELF' OR 'BRAHMAN' is nothing but Pure Consciousness without 'Name and Form' ~Swaathmaaraaman

Truly speaking, Pure Consciousness is indivisible, it is without parts. It has no form and shape, no 'within' and 'without'. There is no 'right' or 'left' for it. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

Jai Maa Durga!
 
“To gain noble virtues, all evil tendencies in the mind must be destroyed. This destruction is represented by the Goddess Durga. Durga is 'durgati harini': “She who removes our evil tendencies.” This is why she is called Mahishasura Mardini, the destroyer of Mahishaasura (demon), mahisha meaning “buffalo.” Isn’t there a buffalo in our minds as well?
The buffalo stands for 'tamoguna', the quality of laziness, darkness, ignorance and inertia. We have these qualities too. We love to sleep. Although we may have a lot of energy and potential inside us, we prefer to do nothing - just like the buffalo that likes to lie in pools of water. In the Puraanic story, Durga Devi’s killing of the 'Mahisha' demon is, symbolically, the destruction of the tamoguna within us that is very difficult to destroy. In the Durga Devi Havana (sacrifice), we invoke that Divine Power within us to destroy our animalistic tendencies.”

*WORDS OF WISDOM* - "Within, there is a wellspring of love. Tap that source and the energy of divine love will fill your heart." -Amma

A wise man should not give up the body out of aversion to it. Know that when once the prarabdha karma (result of accumulated actions) which was responsible for the creation of the body ceases, the bodily burden will automatically fall off.
~ Devikalottara