MAYA, THE "I AM", AND THE BODY-MIND - PART 1


Remember, to know Yourself, return to the silence before words.


Maya is the primary source of illusion. At that point, love for the Self begins: ‘I am’, the love to be. Its expression is all this manifestation.


 –       Nisargadatta Maharaj


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