WAKING, DREAMING, DEEP SLEEP AND THE ABSOLUTE - PART 4


Outside the Self there is nothing. All is one and all is contained in "I am". In the waking and dream states it is the person. In deep sleep and turiya [samadhi] it is the Self. Beyond the alert intentness of turiya lies the great, silent peace of the Supreme. But in fact all is one in essence and related in appearance. In ignorance the seer becomes the seen, and in wisdom he is the seeing.


 –        Nisargadatta Maharaj


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

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