Pain and pleasure are both ananda (bliss). Here I am sitting in front of you and telling you—from my own immediate and unchanging experience—pain and pleasure are the crests and valleys of the waves in the ocean of bliss. Deep down there is utter fullness. —Nisargadatta Maharaj

Can you save the world before saving yourself? And saved from what? From illusion. Salvation is to see things as they are. I am reading newspapers, I know what is going on! But my reaction is not like yours. You are looking for a cure, while I am concerned with prevention. As long as there are causes, there must also be results. As long as people are bent on dividing and separating, as long as they are selfish and aggressive, such things will happen. If you want peace and har

Q: How long it will take to get rid of the story of the individual ego? I don’t know how to act properly. A: Do not try to get rid of anything. Watch—be the watcher of the story. Watch it now. Nisargadatta from I AM THAT… “Identity, individuality, uniqueness—they are the most valuable aspects of the mind; yet of the mind only. "I am all there is" is an experience equally valid. The particular and the universal are inseparable. They are the two aspects of the nameless as seen

Q: Let´s compare and contrast Artificial General Intelligence with the  Universal Intelligence referenced in the non-dual Self-Knowledge teachings of Advaita Vedanta. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)   is the hypothetical (or, per some claims and debates, emerging) form of machine intelligence that can understand, learn, reason, and apply knowledge flexibly across virtually any cognitive task a human can perform—spanning science, creativity, planning, adaptation to nove

A Clear Summary Nisargadatta’s message is radical, direct, and uncompromising. Its essence can be distilled into a few interlocking ideas: 1. You are not the body, mind, or person. These are transient appearances—bundles of sensations, thoughts, memories, and roles that arise and dissolve. Identifying with them creates the illusion of a separate “me” who suffers, desires, fears, and dies. 2. The sense “I am” is the doorway to the Absolute Reality. Before any thought (“I am th

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