Nisargadatta Maharaj

abandon all self-concern, worry not about your welfare, material or spiritual, abandon every desire, gross or subtle, stop thinking of achievement of any kind,

You are complete here and now. You need absolutely nothing.

The moment you know you're a real being, you are afraid of nothing.

Death gives freedom and power. To be free in the world you must die to the world. Then the universe is your own. It becomes your body.

an expression and a tool. The happiness of being absolutely free is beyond description.

Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind

that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.

Pain is physical, suffering is mental. Beyond the mind, there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to suffer.

But do not neglect this body. This is the house of God. Take care of it. Only in this body can God be realized. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting.

It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.

Stay open and quiet. That is all.

What you seek is so near you that there is no place for a way.

There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing, be.

No climbing mountains and sitting in caves.

I do not even say be yourself, since you do not know yourself. Just be.

Awareness is ever there.

It need not be realized. Open the shutter of the mind and it will be flooded with light.

Absolute perfection is here and now. Not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action

here and now. It is your behavior that blinds you to yourself. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect.

Whatever your idea of perfection may be, all you need is courage.