MAYA, THE "I AM", AND THE BODY-MIND - PART 9


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


Brahman means the emanation of the world, simultaneously confirming that ‘I am’. In this Brahman everything is illusion, but who understands that? The principle that understands, realizes, and witnesses is the ‘Parabrahman’. Witnessing happens to the ‘Parabrahman’. In this manifest state everything is ever changing, nothing is permanent, and all is illusion.


 –       Nisargadatta Maharaj


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