Soul is an ignorant belief

Scientists have developed Xenobots, tiny biological entities created from frog cells using AI and biotechnology, which can execute tasks like robots and even self-replicate.Limited understanding by ancient humans about life and the world led to the development of beliefs and concepts surrounding the...

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Man at Bombay needs to go to Bombay

 Man is at Bombay. But misunderstood that he is at Delhi. He wants to go to Bombay. He needs to fully understand that he is already at Bombay. That is the only thing he can do. This is the Truth. This is what Maharaj says.Since he has not realized it, he is actually at Delhi. Keep on discussing...

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Conscioussness and Awareness

1. Tom, absent in the class - denotes the relative absence of Tom and the absolute presence too.2. Tom, even if absent, has the absolute potential to be present at any time. This is awareness. Awareness, the absolute potential, always is. Awareness is not an entity to shower grace upon you.3. Tom, when...

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Traditional Spirituality vs. Direct Truth

 Traditional Spirituality vs. [Direct Truth]1 Organized system of beliefs originated from culture. Structured doctrines vastly shaped by geographies. [Independent & Universal thinking.]2 Based on fear. Hates questioning. Surrender. Follow. Obey. Rules you. Restricts you. Manipulates you. Intimidates...

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The child of a barren woman

 In the absence of the substratum of consciousness, there is no manifestation, and therefore, no separate pseudo-entities to ask any questions at all! And consciousness is only a concept. Therefore, I call the entire manifestation, 'The child of a barren woman'.Sri Nisargadatta MaharajPointers...

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The entity which is supposed to be re-born does not exist

 - The entity that you believe to have been born and will die is a concept.- The entity that you believe to exist and roam about after death is a religious superstition.- The entity that you believe that will enter into another body after your death is a religious superstition.- The entity that...

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This is not Advaita

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Individual soul is a religious superstition

 Planarian worms cut into pieces, grow into separate organisms. If each organism has a soul, where from did these extra souls come?Individual soul, jiva, atman is a religious superstition. That it can carry karma is a myth. That it will take rebirth is a myth. That it will go to heaven and hell...

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There is no such thing as matter in itself - Max Planck

 There is no such thing as matter in itself. What we perceive as matter is merely the manifestation of a force that causes the sub-atomic particles to oscillate and holds them together in the tiniest solar system of the universe.- Max Planck. German theoretical physicist, originator of quantum...

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Absolute perfection is here and now

All you get by waiting is more waiting. Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.Sri Nisargadatta Maha...

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What if I die without getting realized?

When you talk about an ignorant person and a Jnani and the need for an ignorant person to become a Jnani, do you not assume that there is an independent and autonomous individual, capable of exercising personal volition according to his choice and decision? In the process whereby the phenomenal universe...

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People mistake bliss for self-realisation

 Your expectation of something unique and dramatic, of some wonderful explosion, is merely hindering and delaying your self-realisation.Sri Nisargadatta MaharajPeople mistake bliss for self-realisation.Bliss is connected to serotonin in the brain. It comes and go...

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A character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity

Who is thinking in terms of self-improvement? Surely, an appearance in consciousness, a character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity considering itself subject to the workings of Karma.• Realizing one's true nature requires no phenomenal effort.• What efforts can a shadow make to know its substance?...

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The self-styled Gurus obstruct

The self-styled Gurus talk of ripeness and effort, of merits and achievements, of destiny and grace. All these are mere mental formations, projections of an addicted mind. Instead of helping, they obstruct.- Nisargadatta MaharajAll ideas of ripeness and effort, merits and achievements, progress and...

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Yoga means union, joining. What have you re-united, re-joined?

 Yoga means union, joining. What have you re-united, re-joined? Even to talk of re-uniting the person with the self is not right, because there is no person, only a mental picture given a false reality by conviction. Nothing was divided and there is nothing to unite. ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj....

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Can you take a photograph of the Government of Bombay?

 ● Are the buildings, land, and the trees - Bombay?● Bombay is a concept superimposed on the totality of things viewed collectively.● If some of them or all of them are reproduced somewhere, will that be Bombay? No.● Can such a concept called Bombay have karma or rebirth? No.● Your present identity...

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Where do you figure in these atoms?

 •    Your body contains about 7x1027 atoms.•    All of them are billions of years old – as old as this universe.•    You don’t own any of them.•    They were once part of other people, animals, birds, trees – all the good and bad things.•   ...

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Sadhana

 • Doing 'Sadhana' means assuming the existence of a phantom. • Who is to do 'Sadhana' and for what purpose? • Is it not enough to see the false as false? • The entity that you think you are - is false. • You are the reality.Sri Nisargadatta MaharajCh.30 Pointers from ...

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Spirituality in wonderland

 Spirituality in wonderland:Just to understand that 'Alice' is a fictional character in 'wonderland' is not enough. There's more to it.Even if she understood it thoroughly, she must have a 'Guru' in 'wonderland'.The Guru should give her a wonderland-mantra to repeat.Does she have the authority...

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Isn’t it cruel to kill a rice grain?

 • A single rice grain has the potential life of acres of paddy. It is a living being.• Isn’t it cruel when you kill them for food?• The idea of cruelty towards animal life alone, has its origins in ancient belief systems when knowledge of life was limited. • Vegetarianism flourished on the rise...

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