If this idea ceases, you are your Self.

The spirit wrongly identifies itself with the gross body. The body has been projected by the mind, and the mind itself has originated from the spirit. If the wrong identification ceases, there will be peace and permanent unbroken bliss. Life is existence, which is your Self. That is life eternal. Otherwise, can you imagine a time when you are not? You are life unconditioned. These bodies attach themselves to you as mental projections and you are afflicted by the "I am the body" idea. If this idea ceases, you are your Self.

The universe is only an idea.

M: The Universe is only an idea. It is the Heart that takes all these forms. That is called the Atman (Self) wherein no ego or sense of personality remains.

Time is a concept.

M: Time is a concept in your mind. The goal always exists (here-now). It is not something new to be discovered. The Absolute is our nature. The trouble comes when you limit yourself.

Simple test to determine

"Self-command or self-chaos is the simple test of whether or not

we are living with our true self."

            1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle, # 1425

Let Silence Speak

"When an ancient temple was discovered it had a strange message

over its entrance. The translation read "Let silence speak."

It means we should let quiet inner wisdom express itself through

us."

      Your Power of Natural Knowing, p. 144

Illusion of time and space.

We talk of attaining the Self or of reaching God, in time. But there is nothing to attain. We are already Self-existent, nor will there ever be a time when we shall be nearer to God than now. We are ever-blissful, Self-existent, the infinite now. Our consciousness is unbroken, continuous and eternal. It is all maya (illusion), self-hypnotism, to imagine that now we are otherwise. Dehypnotize yourself! It is ego, which deludes itself that there are two selves, one which we are conscious of now (the person) and the other--the higher, the divine--of which we shall one day become conscious. This is false. There is only one Self and it is fully conscious now and forever: there is neither past, present nor future for It, since It is out of time.

The Knower of All

Q: We are ignorant. Tell us the way to cross the ocean of illusion!

The Maharshi did not reply. Half an hour later, the person repeated his question.

M: You say that you know you are ignorant. Indeed, you are the knower of all! And yet, you say that you do not know.