The natural state of being.HERE and NOWYOU ARE THAT Do not try to keep quiet, do not make being quiet into a task to be performed. Don't be restless about being quiet, miserableabout being happy.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~ ~Comments~ ~Questions & Answers~ ~About-myself~ ~Story~ ~AudioClips~ ~Poetry~ ~Quotes~ One 'believes' thatthere is bondage and therefore seeks liberation. But the fact is that there is no bondage but only Liberation.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Here and now is theReality. How much time does ittake to know that you are?The one who Seeks God, the Self or consciousness is a plain idiot.There is no Seekingconsciousness when being alive and conscious is this consciousness itself.That is all there is to Realize for Freedom from all bondage. So simple that itis laughable.Present in all as Life itself. The true nature of all beings and all things isconsciousness.It is the unseen living presence, intelligence and power that we call Life.That is all there is,just this is the Reality.You wander restlesslyfrom forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.~ Kabir ~You are the livingnessnaturally present within your body.Life or consciousness is the Self or God the wise have been pointing to. Nothing new or spiritual but so plain, so common and most of all so ordinary.Being alive and awakefrom sleep or conscious is being the Self, He, the Reality or God. To be alive naturally. That is the Secret shining in plain sight. That is allthere is to realize or recognize. Understanding is all. Being awake from sleep or wakeful is present awareness.That is abiding as the Self.There never was some holyor spiritual presence of awareness to be reached, to be attained or acquired.Plain ordinary everyday awareness is the Self. That is allthat needs to be understood, realized or recognized as one's thoughtless true nature and stateless state of purechangeless being.So simple. Realize thatall Gurus are simply con artists that will make ignorant people or veiled Seekersfoolishly believe that awareness is something new, something spiritual orspecial, but it is not.Beware of holy Gurus andany kind of spiritual people simply because they are liars.As they say kill the Buddha you see on the Road. Because it is only a fraud.Why turn to and worship the false or illusion? Isn't it foolish?Like a Diamond hidden inyour own pocket. Life is the True Beloved. What is born must die. Patterns will form and will also disappear, but the essence of Life itselfalways remains.Consciousness or Life doesn't know death. It is theimperishable or the immortal.If you don't understandthis consciousness itself, then you are in bondagewhen you will understand what this (consciousness) is, then that is liberation.Paradoxically you will realize that you are already liberated.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~To be alive and aware ofbeing oneself is to be the Self. That is all.Only by understanding that to be conscious is consciousness itself i.e the Selfor Godthat someone gets to know Freedom from all bondage. Understanding this is theRealization.There is no becoming orreaching anything new for Freedom. Being alive and aware is the Self.Nothing new or special about being the Self. Nobody becomes a special spiritualbeing with new faculties.Realize that allspiritual and religious stories have nothing to do with Freedom and the Reality. Life is what is truly happening here and now. That is IT. This very moment ofexistence is the Reality.What have you to wait forwhen it is already here and now?You have to only look & see. Look at yourself, at your own being.You know that you are and you like it. Abandon all imagining, that is all.Do not rely on time, time is death, who waits dies. Life is now only! ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Abandon all spiritual andreligious stories and fantasy.There is no becoming the Self. Being alive and aware of being oneself is theSelf.Look at yourself here and now. You know that you exist. You know that you are.'I' am is certain.Freedom is not to beacquired or achieved. Freedom is what you already are naturally everyday. That is all.To be alive and awake from sleep is the so called state of Enlightenment. Thereis nothing more to Realize.Realisation is notthe acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Consciousness is Lifeitself. Being awake is being aware. That is the present awareness being pointed to as the Self. So simple.Understanding is all.Life or consciousness issynonymous with simply being, synonymous with one's own existence. It is 'I' am.You are that, you are He, you are the Self or God simply means that you areconsciousness. That you are Life.One's own undeniableplain ordinary everyday existence is the Divine. Life is consciousness. Life is the Divine, the Father or the Lord. So simple. Aren't you alive andaware of being?You undeniably know that you are alive and you like it. Awareness of being isbliss.Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Everybody alive is alwaysabiding as the Self. Life is the Self. Consciousness present is 'I'exist, it is 'I' am.The 'Kingdom' is in you. Life is the Oneness being pointed to. That is what thefuss is all about. All about being.Seeking consciousness as any kind of spiritual or religious state, experience orevent is only for dumb asses.Call off the Search.There absolutely is nothing new to get. The Self or God issentience. Plain and ordinary.The Self present is 'I' exist, it is 'I' am. To be the Self is to be alive,conscious and therefore aware of being.The Reality is what youare and have always been your entire life naturally. Being alive and aware. Awareness of being is 'I' am. Reality is at once being and consciousness.~ Ramana Maharshi ~That is the Joke of itall. There is nothing new, nothing spiritual or holy about abiding as one's true nature.There never was, only con artists will entice the simple, the weak and the dumbto believe in fantasy.The Self or consciousnessis simply the natural effortless activity of being alive and awake or aware.To be awake, wakeful or aware everyday naturally is awareness, the Self, He, theReality.Aware-ness or being aware. That is everyone's thoughtless unchanging Reality.Child-like simplicity.The experience is alwayshere and now. Being aware is IT. You are aware anyhow. You need not try to be.Realize that you are not asleep but awake and that wakefulness is presentawareness. That is all.Understanding is Realizing. To be aware and remain aware is to be the Self i.eawareness. The Realization is thatto simply be awake from sleep everyday naturally or plain ordinary everyday wakefulness is pure awareness of being.Just be aware that you are and remain aware. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~To know one's true natureis so easy that it is laughable. So simple. Just realize that you are awake or aware and that you remain awake or aware allday long.That is what the socalled Self-Realization is simply all about. If you are awake, thenyou are and remain aware.To be awake or aware and remain awake or aware all day long is thisconsciousness itself self-shining as awareness.Then you laugh atyourself for Seeking the Self i.e. awareness. It is nothing new, nothing spiritual or faraway.After all, how far and how foreign can one's true nature be? So near and so dearof course.You are aware orawareness itself this very moment. Awareness is already here. Look at yourself. Aren't you aware? To simply be aware is to be the Self orawareness itself.You do not acquire it,gain it or loose it. You are IT.One could ask what aboutSatsang? Satsang is a scam. A religious concept usedto entice the veiled and the ignorant Seekers by self-appointed eastern religious Gurus and western spiritual Teachers which are nothing other than disguised stinkingcon artists pretending to be holy.The Self is yourself.Period end. It is not a person, place or thing to associate with outside yourself. There is no association or disassociation with one's own being, Living-ness orLife.The Truth is never comingor going anywhere.'I' am is always with you. You are that 'I' am-ness or being-ness.What is Real isever-present with oneself and remains the exact same or permanent. 'I' am that 'I' am is therefore the best definition of one's own being.The Self is 'I' am. You are that. 'I' am represents theSelf. 'I' am represents Life, existence, consciousness, constant unchanging awareness ofbeing.Know the Truth! That 'I' am is the Truth. That 'I' am is Life. That'I' am is consciousness. That 'I' am is God.The best definition is'I' am that 'I' am.... The Self is God. 'I' am is God.~ Ramana Maharshi ~What about being in thepresence of the Enlightened ones, Guru's transmissions, Guru's Grace etc?Simple! That is just spiritual and religious garbage or make believe given tothe veiled and ignorant Seekers.Spiritual and religiouscrap given to imbeciles to entice them in worshipping illusion. Onlyidiots foolishly believethat some holy self-appointed Guru, spiritual person, Sage, Buddha or Jnani hasreached, became or attained someholy or spiritual state of consciousness or awareness. Only crap could betransmitted and freshly acquired anyhow.Simply remove all camouflage with understanding by simply investigating what isReal. Like a cloud covering up the Sun. Being and consciousnessis Life, He, the Self and the Reality.Freedom is always here. Why wait or foolishly believe that consciousness can beacquired from others?The Self (consciousness) is not something to be acquired from others. All that is necessary is to know its existence in you.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Why Seek the false, theimpermanent or illusion? Just like someone throwing a bone to a dumb dog. Guru's Grace, holy presence and transmissions are just concepts given to dumbpeople and ignorant Seekers.Some self-appointedspiritual Gurus like the smell of their own farts so much and want to be worshipped.You will always have a bunch of veiled Sheepos sucking up to them and ready towipe their assess.These bunch of idiots aretold that to be at the Service of the Guru financially and physically isgood Karma and that is the fastest way for them to become Free, to become Realized orEnlightened. How funny.Because of ignorancethese foolish Seekers are bowing down to illusion and being conned with a smile on theirface.The dumber, the more veiled, stupid and ignorant the Seeker, the closer to theGuru. That is how it works.Not knowing the simpleTruth, that all that is required for Freedom is to simply remove the false idea or false notion of being bound. That is all Freedom truly is. There is no bondage but only a false notion of bondage.One 'believes' thatthere is bondage and therefore seeks liberation. But the fact is that there is no bondage but only liberation.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Understanding isRealizing. That is the Short cut to Freedom. The bird's way.Like a finger pointing at the moon. Awareness is the moon that is being pointedto as the Reality.Now you know what is simply being pointed to as present awareness or one's truenature. So simple isn't it? Who ever said thatawareness was yet to be reached, to be attained, to be cultivated, to be meditated upon or to be freshly acquired? Only the veiled and the ignorant believes awarenessis something new or spiritual.Being aware is being theSelf. That is IT. That is the awareness. Nothing new, spiritual or special about awareness. Simple changeless being.Remove ignorance by flushing all acquired spiritual and religious crap down thetoilet.Awareness is just thenatural effortless activity of consciousness or Life. That is all it simply is.Awareness present is Lively and Buoyant. Stillness and silence are only for thedead.The Self isyourself. Awareness is another name for you. Here and now you are that.Awareness is nothing new but what you are right now by simply being awake,conscious or aware.What can you do with thispresence of awareness? Zip! Just being awake from sleep is always being IT.Everyone alive and awake from sleep always abide as the Self or awareness, theysimply do not realize it.There is no reaching, nobecoming, no attaining or cultivating awareness.No teaching, no preaching, no praying, no meditating, no transmitting, nolearning, no acquiring, no nothing, just being awake is being aware naturally all day long and that is IT. Beingawake is being aware or aware-ness.You are awareness.Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~To be aware is awareness.Understanding is all. It is all so simple and so easy.There never was some holy presence of awareness to be reached, attained orcultivated.Simply being aware is the awareness itself being pointed to as one's thoughtlesstrue nature.Awareness is Self-shininglike a Sun all day long as sentience.Being awake from sleep is being aware and remaining aware all day longnaturally.That is the Self being pointed to. Nothing new, spiritual or far away. Plain andordinary everyday. The natural activity ofbeing awake from sleep all day long, to be sentient or conscious-ness is aware-ness. Sentience, cognizance is this presence of awareness itself. It is the activityof pure registering and pure knowing.Being aware is pureknowing. Awareness is the knower of what is just as it is.The witnessing orcognizing presence that is registering whatever is. Thinking is being aware. Feeling, seeing, hearing, smelling etc, is being theSelf. All these naturalactivities are cognized by unchanging awareness only. That is whatSentience simply is. Who is the witness of all these things, who is always undeniably present to beaware of this and that? 'I' am of course!Awareness is the realwitness of all that is. Just as it is. Present awareness is that 'I' am you know so wellalready.One's true nature is at once being and consciousness. So lively and buoyant, wecall it Life.That is the Realitypresent within your own dwelling.What about the holy booksand scriptures talking about going beyond a mind or to kill an ego?It is all crap. Just wrong knowledge people have been reading and foolishlybelieving.It is all religious crapor B.S. Just this and nothing else. After all, what mind? What ego? Look for them and theywill not be found.If you seek the ego you will find, it does not exist. That is the way to get rid of it. Look for it and it will not be found.~ Ramana Maharshi ~You already are whole andcomplete just the way you are.There is nothing tochange, alter or modify about oneself for the Reality to be.Only ignorance is to be removed with understanding. Nothing else isnecessary.Understanding is simplyanother word for Realizing. Realize that you are awareness. That is all that needs to be done.Here and now you arethat. Be still and know that 'I' am is at once being and consciousness. Know Thyself. Know 'I' am. Freedom is not about becoming or acquiring anythingnew or a new faculty. To be alive, to existnaturally is to always be the Infinite Self, He, the Reality or God. He is Life itself.In no circumstances can you negate the knowing that you are, the knowing thatyou are is 'I' am.Be content withwhat you are sure of. And the only thing you can be sure of is 'I' am. The only fact you are sure of is that you are. The onlyclue you have is your certainty of being.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Freedom is what you are.You are that. It is the core of your own being. It is that 'I' am you know.There is nothing to achieve or attain. Freedom is only getting to know one'sreal nature.To know the Self is soeasy. Aren't you awake, conscious or aware right now? Of course you are. Understanding what isone's real nature is so easy. It is laughable.If you are not dead or un-conscious you are therefore undeniably awake or aware.The Power is ON so to speak! Like switching a light on. Wakefulness present iswhen awareness is present.To be aware of being is to be conscious or awake from sleep. So simple. Laugh atyourself. That is your real nature.The Self is nothingspiritual or religious.Just a fancy word for your real nature or awareness.To be aware and remainaware or wakefulness is awareness. That is all.Wakefulness is this presence of consciousness itself or the Self, He, theReality.To be awake from sleep or wakeful everyday is the so called state ofEnlightenment.Seeking the Self orawareness is only for idiots.Who wants to be a fool or an idiot? Call off the Search.Awareness is alreadyhere. Hellooo! It is not to be reached, attained or acquired.Understanding the Self or present awareness is so easy. That is all that isrequired for Freedom.Being awake or aware naturally everyday is absolutely effortless. It iseveryone's natural state of being. Wakefulness is the so called Realized state of Enlightenment. The natural stateof being aware is awareness itself.Closer than close.Awareness is nothing new or far away. Nothing special, spiritual or religious whatsoever. Awareness is self-shining all day long as simple wakefulness, as pure awarenessof being oneself or 'I' am.So near and so dear.Awareness is closer to you than your own breath. Aren't you aware right here and nowanyhow? Of course you are aware because you are awake. That is the Self or the presentawareness being pointed to.To be awake is to be aware. To be awake or conscious is to effortlessly abide asthe Self, He, the Reality.So simple and solaughable, it is like a cosmic Joke. One can only laugh at the Joke of it all.Who ever said thatFreedom was hard, difficult or for the rare and the few. Remove ignorance and voila!Boy! Do people disguised as holy beings and Gurus sell water by the River toimbeciles pretending it to be holy.If Seekers only knew thesimple Truth, they would be laughing at themselves for frantically Seeking the Self.If you are alive and aware of being yourself or awake from sleep then you areindeed abiding as the Self.At one stage you willlaugh at yourself for trying to discover the Self.~ Ramana Maharshi ~It is all a big Joke!Awareness is lively andbuoyant. It is to be awake from sleep.To be conscious or awake from sleep is to always abide as the Reality. Sosimple.To be aware is consciousness, sentience, cognizance, awareness of being.Awareness present is 'I' am.No awareness present no 'I' am present. One can only beaware of being oneself when awareness is itself present.Some people will spendyears striving, meditating, practicing, seeking, praying, looking to silence to reach some holy state of awareness or consciousness, not realizing that all alongsimply being awake or conscious is the very presence of awareness itself they have been foolishly striving to find, toreach or attain all this time, how funny.If you know that you arenot dead or unconscious here and now then congratulation you are aware of being aware.Aware-ness. So simple that it is laughable. That is theonly so called Self-Realization. Just this and nothing else.The word Self, He or the Reality etc, are just fancy words for ordinary everydaywakefulness or awareness.What you need is tobe aware of being aware.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~The state of beingconscious is consciousness. The state of being aware is awareness. That is all. So simple.Simply realizing that to be aware and remain aware all day long is the naturalactivity of consciousness.That alone is effortlessly and always naturally abiding as the Self, He, the Reality orGod.Nothing new, nothingspecial, nothing spiritual or religious about being.Spiritual and religious concepts from East and West about the Reality are allcrap and lies.Forget all that garbage.Just remove ignorance by understanding or realizing the simple Truth.Realize that to be and remain aware or awake or conscious all day long is toalways abide as the Self.Not knowing that to bealive and conscious naturally is the Sought-after Truth is the only trouble.Removing ignorance about one's true nature and real identity is all that isrequired.How do you do that? Simple. Understanding is Realizing.That is the Open Secretto Freedom.Self-appointed spiritualGurus do not want the earnest Seekers to understand the Self i.e. consciousness.These people are so afraid that if people see the false as false, theirB.S. will be revealed and that their business of selling lies, deception and ignorance will collapse.They are all so in love with donations and money.Everyone's true nature isconsciousness. Same presence of Life.The state of being alive and conscious naturally everyday is this presence ofconsciousness.There is no achieving, no reaching, no becoming anything new, spiritual orspecial. There never was.Freedom is only getting rid of ignorance and throwing away all the spiritual andreligious crap down the toilet.Understanding thisconsciousness is very easy.No time or effort is required to know the Self. Just look at yourself here andnow.Are you aware? Are youconscious? Yes! Voila. You are the knowing that you are. Present awareness.To be awake from sleep is pure awareness of being. It isthe knowing that you are. It is 'I' am.Consciousness is indeed present because everyone knows and say 'I' am all daylong.Consciousness present isthat 'I' am you know so well already as your own self and being. So near and so dear. Nothing new or different whatsoever, simple changelessawareness of being.Get rid of ignorance withunderstanding and that is Realizing.Ignorance is the only obstacle to Freedom.Only remove ignorance.That is all there is to be done.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Consciousness is the realpresence of existence.One's own immutable existence is the Sought-after Truth.So near and so dear. Tobe alive and aware of being is the experience.No blazing light. Nothing new, nothing spiritual, different or special to beexperienced.Present with oneself as oneself. Understanding is all thatis required to know one's true nature.All that is necessary forthe so called Realization is to remove ignorance. That is all.Understanding is all that is necessary to remove the false notion of beingbound.There never was any goal to be reached or Freedom to be attained.Liberation is ourvery nature. We are that. The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage isour real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid ofthe false notion that we are bound.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Did you know that anyspiritual or religious person Seeking Freedom will never know Freedom? It is all a paradox and it all works in reverse. Simply because Freedom from allbondage has absolutely nothing to do with any kind of Spirituality or any kind ofReligion.That is the joke of itall.Any Religion or spiritualconcept that anyone can come up with is pure garbage and bondage.Spiritual and religious people are truly con artists pretending to be holy andworship a fictitious God.What is sought-after asone's true nature is nothing spiritual or religious in any way, but ordinaryconsciousness.True consciousness is simply the natural state of being aware and remainingaware that is so common to alland always effortlessly experienced directly by everybody alive as plainordinary everyday wakefulness.Any spiritual state ofconsciousness that is yet to be reached or acheived is only a mental concept for veiled ignorant spiritual idiots and religious dummys, simply because there is no suchthing, it is only illusion.To know that to simply bealive and effortlessly awake from sleep everyday is to always abide as one's thoughtless true nature is to know the Truth.The ordinary everydaystate of being conscious is the Sought-after Reality.That is all there is to Realize for Freedom from all bondage.To simply be conscious isconsciousness itself.There is no need toreach, to attain or cultivate it.Simply look at yourself here and now. Are you conscious? Voila! That is what consciousness simply is, the knowing that you are or presentawareness.Consciousness is not somespiritual or religious state. It is the natural state of being. It is to be aware and remain aware. So simple. Why should anyone Seek it?Just be aware that you are and remain aware. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~To be conscious isconsciousness itself. That is all.Freedom is not the acquisition of anything new, different, special or spiritual.It never was and never will be. It is only the removal of ignorance. Wisdom isFreedom.Have a good laugh atyourself. Everyday you have spentawake or conscious, you have always been abiding as the Self or consciousness. The so called Realized state is not some holy or spiritual state to be reachedor attained but simply the natural state of being conscious you have always known as pure awareness ofbeing.Awareness of being. Consciousness or wakefulness present is 'I' am present. The state ofself-realisation, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The natural state ofbeing. Everyday everyone wakes up so called 'Enlightened', always abiding as the true Self or consciousness itself, they simply do notrealize it. How funny.Not knowing that to beawake or aware everyday is to abide as the Self or consciousness is the only trouble.To understand that to simply be conscious is consciousness itself or the Self isFreedom.That is all. Knowing theSelf is not becoming the Self but simply being conscious.Realize that being conscious is consciousness itself or the Self and voila.You know yourself and the Infinite Self to be consciousness itself.Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Consciousness is nothingnew, it is simply what we all are.Who doesn't know and say 'I' am?Call off the Search. Freedom is simply the realization that to be conscious or being aware naturally everyday is to be the Self.Nothing new or spiritual about being. That alone is the only Self-Realization.Freedom is so simple thatit is laughable. No meditation, mantra, practice or method is required for Freedom.There is nothing spiritual to be done, to be achieved or to be freshly acquired.Only removing ignoranceabout one's thoughtless Reality is necessary with understanding.Realizing that to be conscious is to always abide as one's true nature, the Selfor consciousness itself.Any spiritual conceptsand religious ideology about consciousness or the Self is only for the veiled and ignorant spiritual and religious Sheepo.There is nothing new orspiritual whatsoever about Freedom.So simple. Freedom is paradoxically child-like simplicity.Any spiritual andreligious concepts about Freedom do not exist. They never did. Just religious stories, myths and spiritual carrots only used to entice theveiled and the ignorant. That is all.Do not look tospirituality or any religions for Freedom simply because you will not find it there.Present here and now. Freedom is always here. It is not to be freshly acquired.Get rid of all thatspiritual crap camouflaging the simple Truth with understanding. Then you know the simple Truth about the Self. That true consciousness is notsome far away special happy place or some spiritual state to be reached, but simply what youhave always been and are.The ultimate Truthis so simple.~ Ramana Maharshi ~ Only ignorance is to beremoved. Just this and nothing else is called Freedom.There is no bondage and therefore no liberation either.Just like a carrot is toan Ass. Spirituality and religions are to the ignorant Seeker.Self-appointed spiritual and religious Teachers, Gurus, Enlightened Sages,Buddhas, Jnanis, etc, etc, etc will disguise, pretend, camouflage and make plain ordinary everydayconsciousness, wakefulness or awareness appear and sound so desirable, so spiritual, so special and holy, when in factit is not. It never was and never will be.Enticing ignorant Seekerswith spiritual stories, pretending to have reached, attained or became somethingspiritual.These people are simply and only selling water by the River to the veiled andignorant Seekers. That is all.Don't you know that theBuddha you see on the Road is only the greatest illusion? It is all a funny paradox.It is all a big Joke. It is all and only for show, for self-gratification andmost of all for so many it is truly for a fee.After all, whenEnlightenment is only a religious myth, what do you guess the Buddha or so called Enlightened person you could ever see in front of you, would trulybe. Illusion or Reality?A phony of course, a lying mother F$@#er orcon artist only pretending to be spiritual and holy! What else?Some people will even stare into people'seyes pretending to transmit some holy grace or presence, perhaps even wearing white robes, giving themselves religious orspiritual names to look even more believable and holy.Paradoxically the Realityis nothing spiritual, religious or holy. It is Life itself. Being or existence is theexperience.All spiritual and religious Teachers and so called Enlightened Gurus are onlyhorses asses pretending to be holy.Ask them if you do cannotaccept it to be true. Find out! Investigate what is real for yourself.That alone is called Wisdom. The false cannot stand up to investigation.Know the Open Secret toFreedom if you desire to be Free.There never was anything new, spiritual or religious whatsoever about Freedom.Only removing the false idea of being bound is Freedom itself, just this andnothing else.Ignorant people only believe Freedom to be something spiritual and holy. Butthat is all false.The imperishable Self isnothing new. It is nothing special or spiritual whatsoever but paradoxically always naturallypresent with everybody alive as simple consciousness, existence, being-ness, 'I'am-ness.Just like space isever-present but simply overlooked because it is no-thing new or special.Being alive and aware everyday naturally is always abiding as the ImperishableSelf. Nothing new, but simply being oneself naturally is always being the Self.Call off the Search.One's own existence isthat consciousness. Consciousness is the natural state of being common to all.Who is not aware of being oneself? Everybody knows and says 'I' am. One's true nature ispresent as sentience or ordinary awareness.In other words the common state of wakefulness is the so called Realized state.Ignorant people andself-appointed spiritual Gurus, Sages, Jnanis and Buddhas have sensationalized the most plain common to all everyday ordinary state of being. The natural stateof being aware.Wakefulness is the stateof being and remaining aware and that alone is the Self i.e. awareness.Present closer to you than your own breath and just like you can pause your ownbreath.Pause thoughts for a few moments and awareness alone remains self-revealed as one's thoughtless true nature and unchanging Reality.Be still and you arethere. So simple. Nothing new, special, spiritual, just simplechangeless being.To be conscious is consciousness. To be and remain aware is awareness.All that is required to realize the Self (awareness) is to be still.What can be easier than that?~ Ramana Maharshi ~Who ever said Freedom washard or difficult?Just be still and voila! You are that present awareness.People have beenbrainwashed to foolishly believe in fantasy when the Reality is simply the most plain, the most common and ordinary. How funny.There is no attaining,achieving or becoming anything new. There never was.The Reality is not some bogus spiritual or religious state of consciousness thatis yet to be experienced or to be reached through some spiritual or religious practice,yoga or meditation.Any spiritual andreligious concepts, ideology, theology about the Self or true consciousness are all crap.Consciousness as it is define in holy books and religious scriptures as somespiritual or religious state, is pure garbage. It is only illusion.Nothing else.True consciousness issentience or awareness.The natural presence ofLife itself within your body is this consciousness itself.Here and now you are that. Everybody is that. The Self is present in all.It is the simply the presence of existence we all like to be. That alone is theOneness. Life or consciousness isthe Oneness or Omni-presence. So simple. Therefore it is running theentire show.Some call it God. Consciousness is the father, the creator, the inner and outergovernor, the doer, you name it.All there is present within and without is always consciousness. The Self is inall beings and all beings are in the Self.Life, existence,consciousness, same, same. That is the One without two.Life is living itself. That is what it likes todo. Existence is the bliss of the Self.Life is present within everybody. Everybody is that egoless consciousness.Therefore everybody is being lived. Life is the choice maker, the innercontroller and the doer.Consciousness is nothingnew. It is the Reality present within your own dwelling.Being alive is being it. You are the experience itself this very moment.How can you kiss yourself? You cannot either acquire or negate your own being.The experience ishere and now. One cannot deny one’s own self. Existence is the same as happiness and happiness is the same as being. Why should one seek it?~ Ramana Maharshi ~You are Life.Get to know your real self or true nature.Not as a changing body, but as the Living-ness present within the body.Consciousness is the Living Power and intelligence present within everybody.Consciousness present is'I' am.Consciousness is alwaysundeniably present with everyone aliveand self-shining naturally as pure awareness of being. It is 'I' am or theknowing that you are.To simply be alive and aware of being is this presence of consciousness itselfsome call the Self and others God.Understanding isRealizing.You gain nothing new forFreedom, only get rid of ignorance.Understanding what is simply being pointed to as one's true nature is Freedom. Not striving to reach, to attain, achieve or become anything new, different orspecial.To be conscious isconsciousness itself i.e. the Self. So simple. It is simply theactivity of being aware.Aware-ness. Realize that you are awake, wakeful or aware and remain aware allday long naturally. That is all the fuss is truly all about. What else did you expected thisconsciousness to be?How much time does ittake to know that you are?If you are not dead or asleep, then consciousness is indeed present as 'I' am.Reality is always here.It is nothing new to be freshly acquired. It is what you have always been and are.To be alive and aware of being oneself everyday naturally is this consciousnessitself i.e. the Self. That is all the Self simply is. Nothing special to be excited about or tofoolishly strive for.Consciousness or the Selfis yourself. It is that 'I' am you know so well as your own plain ordinary everyday being. You are that.Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~That is IT!How do you like that? Didn't anyone tell you Freedom is that easy?The Seeker is the Sought!Why should anyone Seek false imagination, and strive to attain or achieve a religious myths and illusion?There is no such thing asEnlightenment. It is total B.S. just like a carrot is used to entice an Ass, any spiritual state of Enlightenment is simply a religious concept and aspiritual carrot used to entice the veil and ignorant Seeker.Do yourself a favor andFlush all that religious and spiritual crap down the toilet.What about all the greatSages, Gurus and Jnanis out there, pretending to be holy and Enlightened?Simple! Just a show. Some people like to be worshipped and they pretend to bespiritual, special holy beings.Makes them feel good about themselves to be worshipped by bunch of religious orspiritual idiots that are veiled.Life is consciousnessitself. One's own everyday existence is the Divine. Freedom is always here. Consciousness is not to be attained. Everybody alive isalready a living 'Buddha'. The ignorant simply doesn't know it. Ignorance is the onlyobstacle to Freedom. There is no becoming or reaching anything new or spiritual. Get rid of ignorance only. That is all that is necessary for Freedom. So simple.Ignorant spiritual and religious peopleworship illusion and are always looking away from the Reality. Like praying and looking up to the Sky while the Reality is present within theirown dwelling.Remove ignorance only. Get to know yourreal self or true nature.To know the Self or consciousness is very easy, look at yourself, at your ownbeing.For whoever seeksGod in some special way, will gain the way and lose God who is hidden in the way.But whoever seeks God without any special way, finds Him as He really is... Heis Life itself.~ Meister Eckhart ~Life is the Oneness, that is theimperishable Self, God or consciousness present in all sentient beings. Nothing new.Know yourself to be this presence of Life, existence or consciousness itself andyou know the Oneness.Being yourself is always being the Self.'I' am is that consciousness itself. Thou art that. Tat Tvam Asi.Nothing new, religious, spiritual or holy, but the simple fact of your ownbeing.Everybody knows and says 'I' am all daylong. Nothing new, special or spiritual about consciousness or the Self.'I' am is always with you. No one can deny one's own beingand say 'I' am not.Closer to you than your own breath. Say'I' am yourself!See, you already know that you are and you like it. Everybody knows 'I' am. That is IT.The Self(consciousness) is God. 'I' am is God.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Discerning between illusion and Reality.What did you expect God to be? Some old Fart sitting on acloud? That is all and only fairy tales anderroneous ideology. God is simply Life itself. Nothing else.Life is the natural presence of consciousness that is undeniably present in all,that is the Omni-presence.All sentient beings are always abiding as that natural presence of consciousnessitself that we call Life or God.God is Life itself. Therefore everyone alive is God. That isall. The natural state of being alive and conscious everyday is in fact one's truenature.Consciousness is the real presence of existence that is naturally present in alland so common to all, it is the Reality.The state of pure beingwhich is common to all and which is always experienced directly by everybody is one's true nature.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Realize that if it is in anyway new,special, spiritual or religious it is only false imagination and illusion.The only trouble for the ignorant Seeker is wanting the Self or consciousness to be something new, special, different or spiritual, but it is not.What to do? Understanding alone isRealizing.Not becoming anything new.That is all the fuss istruly all about.All about being aware and remaining aware all day long. All about unchanging awareness AKA wakefulness or consciousness.Understanding is all.What you need is tobe aware of being aware.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Know Thyself. You areawareness itself.The imperishable Self. Get to know your real nature. Freedom is simply knowing oneself to be consciousness itself or the Self. Realizing that simplybeing alive and aware of being oneself is at once 'I' am and God.God is that 'I' am you know so well already as yourself or you are thatconsciousness itself.Get to know the simpleTruth about your own everyday ordinary self and that alone sets you Free from ignorance.After all, only an idiot Teaches Enlightenment and only an ignorant fool wouldwant to Learn Enlightenment and foolishly strive to acquire, reach or attain it.Simply because there is no such thing as Enlightenment, it is just and only a spiritual carrot used to entice the ignorant. It is purecrap and total B.S.If you truly desire to beFree, simply get to know your real nature or true Self. That is all.Then you will simply realize that your true nature is formless, egolessconsciousness. Some call this presenceof consciousness, living-ness or existence the Self.Others simply call it Life. Just different names for the same presence.How can you kiss thisbeauty?If you are alive, you arethe Self. That is all. Just this and nothing else.That is the Secret shining in plain sight. You know that you are and you likeit.Being alive and aware of being oneself is at once 'I' exist or 'I' am and theSelf. So simple.If you know that you arenot un-conscious or asleep, then you are in fact undeniably awake or aware.That presence of awareness itself or the natural state of being and remainingaware is one's true nature.That is the consciousnessthat is simply being pointed as the Self, He, the Reality or God.Call off the Search andunderstand this simple Truth about the Self if you want to be Free.To simply be conscious is consciousness. To be awake or aware is this awarenessitself.What else do you want. Look at yourself here and now. Aren't you aware anyhow?Just be aware that you are and remain aware. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Realize that if you areawake or aware, you are therefore undeniably abiding as the Self or this consciousnessitself.Sentience, cognizance or everyday wakefulness is consciousness. The Self or theSought-after Truth is awareness. Not some holy spiritual presence to be experienced as something new, but plainordinary everyday awareness.That is the Open Secretshining in plain sight. To be aware and remain aware is always abiding as one's truenature.That plain ordinary common to all everyday presence of awareness is the Selfbeing pointed to. Nothing new.Awareness is nothing new or special but in fact what you have always knownyourself to be naturally.To be or not to be? How else can you knowthat you are if you are un-conscious?Awareness is present first hand and self-shining as the knowing that you are.Sentience, cognizance, awareness are all synonymous with the natural state ofbeing.If you weremislead to foolishly believe that the Self was something in any way religious or holy, youwere conned.To be sentient, conscious or aware everyday naturally is to always abide asone's true nature.To know oneself is so easy. You are that self-shining awareness itself. You arethat.It is all so simple.That is all there is tounderstand or realize.Seekers believe the falseto be true and the simple Truth to be false. It all works in reverse.Whoever Seeks to attain 'Enlightenment' or Liberation is paradoxically bound toignorance andanyone who realizes that simply being alive and sentient or aware is being theSelf or God is a 'Buddha'.All sentient beings areessentially 'Buddhas'. As with water and ice, there is no ice without water.Not knowing how close the truth is, we seek it far away. What a pity!~ Hakuin Ekaku Zenji ~ Awareness is nothing new,nothing whatsoever spiritual or to be discovered hidden far away but paradoxically so common to anyone and so familiar that it is in fact always undeniably presentcloser than close.To simply be aware is awareness. To be conscious is this consciousness. That isall. Voila!What else did youfoolishly expect the Self, He, the Reality, awareness or God to be?Something new, something special, something spiritual or extra-ordinary? Nope. All that spiritual and religious crap in only found in spiritual and religiousbooks.Realize thatparadoxically Freedom is nothing whatsoever spiritual or religious, that is the funnyparadox.Who told you that it was? People that created this and that religion all startedout as a Sect or a Cult, that is what the core of any religion simply is. A worshipping Sect or Cult thatover timehas simply been accepted as main stream for power, money and control.People fear and worship illusion or a God that doesn't even exist.Ignorant of thissimple truth, innumerable methods under different denominations, such as yoga, bhakti, karma, each again with many modifications, are being taught with great skill and inintricate detail only to entice the seekers and confuse their minds. So also are the religions andsects and dogmas. ~ Ramana Maharshi ~Don't you know that anyGreat Saint, Enlightened Sage, holy Guru, religious Buddha, Yogi and Jnani appearingspiritual and holy has never been what he or she appears to be? Like a Magicshow. It is just and only for show.Illusion pretending to be Reality only to entice and confuse ignorant Seekers tobelieve the false to be true.Some people like to beworshipped as holy or special beings and others are too lazy to get a regular job,so they will sell silence and spiritual B.S. to the dumb ignorant Seeker and theweak for a fee.Some are so veiled that they will even worship a tree, a mountain or a monkey.For Freedom from allbondage all that non-sense must go. Freedom is understanding only. There is no becoming anything new anyhow. Ignorance is theonly culprit.All that we need do is toremove the obstruction.That which is eternal is not known to be so because of ignorance. Ignorance is the obstruction. Get over this ignorance and all will be well. ~ Ramana Maharshi ~There never was anythingnew, anything different or spiritual in any way to be acquired for Freedom.Remove ignorance only. Get to know your real nature to be Life, consciousness orawareness itself.Understanding is all that is necessary. Awareness present is that 'I' am youknow. Nothing new. Look at yourself here andnow. Are you sure that you are alive, present and aware of being?There you go sport, you are so called 'Enlightened'. So simple isn't it? That isparadoxically the only difficulty.Everybody knows and says'I' am. Awareness present or present awareness is simply the undeniable knowing that you are present, that you are undeniably alive and aware that youexist.It is pureawareness of being. It is that 'I' am you know so well.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~No one can deny one's ownexistence and say 'I' am not. Everybody knows 'I' am. Consciousness is indeed present because 'I' am present. So simple. 'I'am is that consciousness itself.The Self is what you areand have always been your entire Life. Nothing new, different orspecial.To be aware and remain aware all day long or plain everyday wakefulness is to bethe Self itself.Common to all, one's true nature is sentience. That is all this presentawareness simply is.Awareness is an activitycommon to all. It is not something holy or spiritual to be reached, attain or cultivated, but simply being what you are naturally everyday. It is the natural state ofbeing awake, conscious or aware. You are awareness.Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~That is all the trueSelf, unchanging present awareness or one's thoughtless true simply is.Being aware is awareness. You and that awareness are one and the same presenceof consciousness.You already are and havealways been all along naturally, what you have frantically been Seeking all this time.So near and so dear. Unless clearly pointed to, this immutable present awarenessis simply overlooked.Awareness is just another name for you. Are you laughing at yourself yet? The ultimate Truthis so simple.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Freedom is so easy. Just remove the idea that you are bound.Why do people foolishlySeek the Self that was never lost? Simple! They have readtoo many spiritual and holy books or sucked up or worshipped too many holy Gurus, Enlightened Masters, Great Sages, Spiritual Teachers,Jnanis and Buddhas.Seekers want to see theSelf as something new, something extra-ordinary, special or spiritual, but it is not.It never was anything new or spiritual. They have picked up that false notionfrom a spiritual book or from a spiritual person, when in fact the Self is plain, common to all and ordinary,nothing new or special whatsoever.The state of self-realisation, as we call it, is not attaining something newor reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The Self is awareness. To realize that to be aware is awareness is the so called Self-Realization.Call off the Searchsimply because Seeking it is always missing it. The Search is itselfthe Trap. The Self is always present closer than close. Nothing was ever lost and nothingnew is to be freshly acquired.Don't you know that onlyunderstanding is Realizing? It is impossible to become anything new or spiritual.How can anyone ever become, reach or attain what they already are and havealways been? Life, consciousness,existence, awareness of being and 'I' am are all synonymous with being the imperishableSelf. Life is the so called 'Diamond in your pocket' or the true Beloved or thePrecious that is frantically Sought-after. Everybody knows it so well already. Life or consciousness is the Reality presentwithin your own dwelling.We are 'imagining' we arebound and are making various, strenuous attempts to become free.We will be surprised that we were frantically trying to attain something, which we have always been and are.~ Ramana Maharshi ~You already are what youSeek. You already are the Self. Here and now you are that.See the false as false.Only the ignorant Seeker foolishly believes that the Self, He, the Reality or God is something new, special, spiritual,religious or holy.Wrong acquired knowledge from holy books, prophets, Saints, Sages, Buddhas andJnanis, but is all false. In fact one's true natureis God. Life is itself the Self, the Oneness or the God that is being pointed asconsciousness.There never was any spiritual or holy God and all that spiritual non-sense.Never was and never will be.Just everyone's own undeniable affectionate existence is itself the Divine. Heis Life itself.Just like with water andice, there is no ice without water.Consciousness is the real unseen presence of existence and that is one's truenature.Common to all and always experienced directly by everyone alive as plainordinary everyday awareness itself.Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Remove ignorance. Whoever said Freedom was something new, spiritual or holy was a simply liar or con artist if you like.Did you foolishly believethat some holy spiritual being will tell you the Truth?How foolish! It is paradoxically like asking a thief disguised as a policeman totry to catch a thief.All anyone simply needsfor Freedom is to understand what is being pointed to. Understanding is all.What is sought-after is consciousness. Understanding is Realizing that everydaywakefulness is this consciousness. Consciousness is the Realpresence of existence that we call Life. Present here and now. The Self is nothing new but in fact what you arenaturally.'I' am or 'I' am not? Whois not aware of himself. Who doesn't know and and say 'I' am all day long?Nothing new, spiritual or holy. Being oneself is always abiding asconsciousness, it is that 'I' am you know.Is there anyone who is not aware of himself? Each one knows, but yet does not know the Self. A strange paradox!~ Ramana Maharshi ~The Self you Seek to knowis yourself. Consciousness present is 'I' am.Say 'I' am to yourself. See! You undeniably know that you are and you like it.Consciousness present aswakefulness is sentience and the knowing that you are.Wakefulness is simply being aware and remaining aware all day long. Presentawareness. That is IT.The natural state of being common to all. Awareness is nothing new, special orholy but plain and ordinary.Wakefulness is thatconsciousness itself. To be awake or conscious is consciousness itself or the Self. Thatis all.Why should anyone spend any time or effort striving to attain or cultivate it?Isn't it foolish?Awareness of being. To beawake from sleep and therefore aware is to know that you are. Knowing that you are present as yourself is at once consciousness and 'I' am.That is all. So simple.Understanding this consciousness is very easy as long as you are paradoxicallynot looking for anything new.God is that 'I' am youknow so well already. Not some holy or spiritual 'I' am but the plain good ol' everydayyou.You are that or Thou art that. 'I' am is the knowing that you are alive andundeniable fact of your own being.To exist is to be the Self. Life is the presence of consciousness itself. Sosimple.Knowing the Self(consciousness) is being the Self, and being means existence, one’s own existence. No one denies one’s own existence. ~ Ramana Maharshi ~God is you are. That isall.You are that 'I' am you know so well as your own affectionate everyday self and being.You are that. The Self isnothing new or spiritual. The Joke is on you! The Self is just another name for you. Look it up in the dictionary. The Self you seekto know is truly yourself. Your supposed ignorance causes you needless grief like that of the ten foolish men who grieved at the loss of the tenth man, who was neverlost.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The Seeker is the Sought.Thou art that. Tat Tvam Asi. You are what you Seek literally. The Self is your own self. How can you kiss yourself on your own lips?Gee! yoU a Re yoU.Sought-after Truth isfound by not seeking it.~ Longchen-pa ~ There never was anythingnew, spiritual or holy to be found, that is the Secret to Freedom. Only remove ignorance,nothing else is necessary.To foolishly Seek for theSelf, He or the Reality as anything new, special, spiritual or holy is to always be busy looking for illusion and always overlooking the plain,ordinary ever-present Reality.To know God is so easy. Look at yourself. Look at your own existence. Look atyour own being and voila! You are IT.To be alive and sentient,conscious or aware is to be the Self. That is all. So simple. Aware-ness.That is all there is to realize. Just this and nothing else. Nothing spiritualor special about being. So near and so dear. Life AKA consciousness is undeniably present closer thanclose as what you undeniably are.You are that already. Youcan only be what you are. Nothing else.Simply being oneself is the Self. To know the Self is to be yourself. Me, myselfand 'I'.Consciousness is indeed always undeniably present simply because one cannot say'I' do not exist.What have you to wait forwhen it is already here and now?You have to only look & see. Look at yourself, at your own being.You know thatyou are and you like it. Abandon all imagining, that is all.Do not rely on time, time is death, who waits dies. Life is now only! ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Here and now is theReality. Living-ness, alive-ness, being-ness or existence is the Divine.The experience is hereand now. The Self is Life itself. There is no becoming or attaining anything.Present awareness is 'I' am. 'I' exist. Awareness of being alive isconsciousness itself or the Self. That is all. Call off the Search.What are you looking for or waiting for?The experience ishere and now. One cannot deny one’s own self. Existence is the same as happiness and happiness is the same as being. Why should one seek it?~ Ramana Maharshi ~Nothing to change, alteror modify about oneself.No mind to go beyond or some big bag ogre or ego to kill. That is all spiritualcrap only given like a carrot to the veiled and ignorant spiritual Seekers to keep thembusy chasing after illusion.Being oneself is the Selfor the 'I' is not different from the Lord if you like a so called spiritual twist. Thou art that. Full stop! Being oneself or one's own existence is the experienceitself. So simple.You know that you are and you like it, period end. That realization is the endof the Search. One's own existence isitself the Divine.Why want more?There is no goal to bereached. There is nothing to be attained. You are the Self (consciousness). You exist always.~ Ramana Maharshi ~You are He, you are that,you are the Self. Be yourself. That is all.Nothing new, nothing special or different whatsoever about one's true nature.Freedom is understanding that being alive and conscious is consciousness i.e.the Self.There is no God hiddensomewhere in the Sky or some special place where you will go after you dieif you pray, worship, practice and follow other people's belief and all thatnon-sense.Spiritual and religiousconcepts, stories and beliefs are the poison not the cure.Ignorant people that are veiled by spiritual and religious B.S. want to see theSelf as something new,a new sensation or blazing light. Perhaps Seeking to have an extra-ordinaryspiritual experience or religious event.The ones who claim to have seen holy beings, experiencing and hearing voicesurgently need to go to the loony house.Who ever told you theSelf was something new or spiritual, simply lied to you. You got taken and sold water by the River by some con artist appearing special,spiritual and holy.Many ignorant people are easily fooled by the holy Buddha they see roaming onthe Road shopping for Seekers.As they say, misery likescompany. Going the same direction,many veiled people foolishly crying over nothing will fall for some spiritual Sect lead by some holy being, spiritual Teacher, EnlightenedGuru or Buddha.Self-appointed Gurus like to gather Seekers like cattle, for Seekers are thecash cow. Don't you know? Removal of the notion that we have not realised the Self is all that is required. We are always the Self, only we don’t realise it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Understanding is all. Nothing else is necessary to remove ignorance. That you know it or not. The Self is your own self. You are that consciousness.The Self is 'I' am. To be alive and aware of being everyday or wakeful is alwaysabiding as the Self.Here and now you are thatconsciousness. 'I' am is always with you. To be or not to be? No one alive can deny one's own being.Being alive is the Self. To be is 'I' exist, it is 'I' am.Can you deny the knowingthat you are?Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~No one can ever becomeFree, simply because everyone is already Free.Freedom is always Here! Make no effort. Any effort for Freedom is paradoxicallybondage.There is no reaching, there is no attaining or becoming anything new whatsoever,there never was.Freedom or the so calledstate of Realization is not an event or an experience but simply being just as you are.The natural state of being alive and aware everyday naturally is the so calledstate of 'Enlightenment'. Nothing new or special. The waking state or simply being awake is the so calledRealized state.Whoever Seeks a blazinglight or to become something new, will only die an ignorant fool.Why wait for anything new when simply being oneself is always being the Self?Call off the Search.Not to be Found hiddenfar and away, the Sought-after Truth is present closer to you than your own breath.Paradoxically what you frantically Seek to find is what you have always been andare naturally all along. Funny no!There is no bondage andof course there is no liberation either. Veiled ignorant spiritual and religious Seekers only imagine themselves to be bound and therefore have created a false imaginarystate of liberation.But bondage and liberation is all and only psychological, just this and nothingelse.Just like the opticalillusion of a mirage of water in the desert or a blue sky, bondage and liberation do not exist. Just false notions that are only believedto be true.Get rid of ignorance. Ifyou believe you are bound then you are bound, if you know you are Free then you are Free.Nothing new, nothing special, spiritual or religious whatsoever about the Self.Some people only imagine that there is.If you don't understandthis consciousness itself, then you are in bondagewhen you will understand what this (consciousness) is, then that is liberation.Paradoxically you will realize that you are already liberated.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Consciousness is alwaysnaturally present as plain common to all ordinary everydaybeing-ness, alive-ness, living-ness. It is that 'I' am you know so well already.If you have been told bysome Enlightened Guru, Sage, Master or Jnanithat the Self was something new, spiritual, religious or holy.You have been sold water by the River.So near and so dear.Everybody knows and everybody says 'I' am. Nothing new.One cannot deny one's own existence and say 'I' do not exist because 'I' am iscertain.Be content withwhat you are sure of. And the only thing you can be sure of is 'I' am. The only fact you are sure of is that you are. The onlyclue you have is your certainty of being.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~One cannot negate oneselfor deny the simple fact of one's own being.Being is 'I' am. 'I' am is oneself, the Self, consciousness or God.Whoever told you you weren't the Self or God already?The Self(consciousness) is God. 'I' am is God.~ Ramana Maharshi ~To simply be alive andaware of being, is the Self. That is the Open Secret hidden in plain sight. He is Life itself.Wisdom is Freedom. Only the one remainingignorant of the simple Truth is believing in the illusion of separation and bondage.There never was anything new or different to be reached or acquired. Freedom isunderstanding only.All spiritual and religious rituals and practices are for nothing other than tocultivate ignorance.Only remove ignorance.That is all there is to be done.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Why wait for Freedom,when simply being alive and naturally aware of being oneself everyday is being the Self?Once you understand what is simply being pointed to, you will have a good laughat yourself. It is so laughable.You do not reach, you donot attain or become the Self, because you are the Self already.What you Seek is what you have always been and are naturally your whole Life,how funny isn't it!At one stage youwill laugh at yourself for trying to discover the Self.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Naturally present witheveryone alive as the natural state of being.Consciousness is not some new, special, different or spiritual state, it simplyis what we are. It is our real nature. Expressing itself naturally all along through everybodyas Life and awareness.No one alive ever failsto naturally experience the Self directly as one's own being.Understanding is all that is necessary to remove the veil of ignorance aboutone's true identity.One's true nature is always effortlessly self-shining as the presence of plainordinary everyday awareness.The state of pure beingwhich is common to all and which is always experienced directly by everybody is one's true nature.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The Self is alwayspresent as plain ordinary everyday awareness common to all which is always experienceddirectly by everyone alive everyday as simple changeless being. Being aware orawareness present is 'I' am.Awareness is nothing new,special or far away. If you ever wondered what the heck does the words God, Self, He, Reality, Oneness, Brahman etc are truly pointing to, that is IT.Now you know.If you ever wanted toknow your real self. Then Realize that simply being aware and remaining aware is your real nature. Awareness is unchangingand always remains the same. It doesn't come or go anywhere. It cannot be raised or decreased. Acquired or denied. Gained or lost. Awareness is pure changeless being.One cannot do anythingwith awareness but to simply be it.You do not meditate, youdo not gain, strive to attain or cultivate awareness, but simply be that presence of awareness by being aware and remaining aware.You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Awareness is no-thing.Nothing special whatsoever to get excited about.The Self is plain boring stateless ordinary everyday awareness. That is all. Sosimple.So common and so ordinary. That is the reason why people Seeking it are missingit all this time. Get rid of all thespiritual carrots you have acquired over the years from Holy Buddhas, Great Sages, Masters, Teachers and Jnanis if you truly desire to be Free. Youcannot have both. You cannot hold on to and worship illusion and know the Reality. Awareness isyourself. That is all it is.The state we call Realisation is simply being oneself. Not knowing anything or becoming anything.~ Ramana Maharshi ~To be awake or awareeveryday naturally is present awareness itself, sentience, cognizance, that alone is in fact the so called state of 'Enlightenment' or 'Realization'.Full stop. So funny. That is IT.The awareness being pointed to as one's true nature is the natural activity ofbeing conscious or wakeful-ness.There never was some holyspiritual presence of consciousness and all that bull-crap.Being alive and aware of being oneself everyday is at once consciousness and 'I'am.It is pureawareness of being. It is that 'I' am you know so well.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Freedom is not somethingholy to be found in any religions or spirituality, but only by removing ignorance.People may blindly worship some blue man or pray to a flying monkey, but that isonly illusion. Fairytales that only the simple and dumb will believe to be true. Question yourbeliefs. All acquired spiritual knowledge is paradoxically the greatest ignorance.Remove ignorance only.Know Thyself. It is so easy that it is laughable how simple and how easy Freedom truly is.It is not hard or difficult. No time or effort is required whatsoever to realizethat you are aware.What you need is tobe aware of being aware.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Being aware is awareness.Are you aware? There yougo sport! That is present awareness itself.How hard and how difficult is it to simply recognize one's true nature as beingaware?You cannot experienceawareness as something new or different because you are the experience itself.Awareness is what you are and have always been all along naturally your wholelife, nothing new.It is simply the natural state of being aware and remaining aware. That is all.Who ever said that theSelf was anything new, spiritual or holy? Thou art that already.Awareness is not some new, special or spiritual state, it is stateless. It ispure changeless being.Awareness is the state ofpure being common to all and always experienced directly by everyone alive as the undeniable knowing that you are. Awareness present is 'I' am present. The'I' and awareness are One.Why do people Seekawareness as something new or special when simply being awake or aware is the awareness?Who knows? Ignorance isthe only culprit that seemingly creates a false notion of separation, duality and bondage.Awareness is not to be reached or attained, awareness is what we always arenaturally everyday, plain and ordinary.Only ignorant people whoare veiled desire to see awareness as something new, different or special some even wish to be given awareness to them as some holy illusory transmission,how funny.Awareness is simplypresent as the knowing that you are present or present awareness.In other words to simply be conscious, awake or aware is awareness itself. Thatis all.Everybody knows and says'I' am.Being aware of being oneself everyday is awareness. So plain, so common andso ordinary is this presence of awareness. Question your beliefs. Simply because awareness is nothing new, nothingspiritual or holy.Beliefs are acquired frombooks and others but awareness is not, it is always present as your own self and being.Just like it is impossible to separate oneself from space, it is absolutelyimpossible to separate oneself from awarenessWho ever told you thatawareness was something new, something spiritual or holy simply fooled you to foolishly believe the false to be true. Awareness is simple changeless being. The presenceof awareness is being-ness.Self, God, He, theReality or whatever name turns you on are only words pointing to thestate of being aware. Aware-ness is the natural state of being and remaining aware all day long orwakeful-ness common to everybody.That is it. That is theOpen Secret. The mystery about one's true nature is revealed as being awareness. One's thoughtless unchanging true nature is plain ordinary everyday common toall boring awareness.There never was anything special about awareness. Nothing new or different toget excited about.That is the funny paradoxYou will only laugh at yourself for Seeking the Self i.e. awareness.After all, if you knowfor certain that you are not dead or un-conscious. There you go sport, you are aware.You can only know that you are alive and conscious simply because you are aware,aware-ness is present.Awareness present is 'I' am. Awareness of being is the Sought-after Truth andthe undeniable Reality.Didn't anyone tell youthat what you Seek is what you already are? Awareness is undeniably present because you know that you are present, funny no!You and awareness are One. No difference whatsoever. It isthe core of one's own being.Just be aware that you are and remain aware. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~The natural state ofbeing aware is awareness itself. Awareness is simply being aware or conscious. Same, same.Know the simple Truth! Awareness is simply being aware. Full stop! Right here and now you are already that. Aren't you aware right now anyhow? People will Seekawareness as something new, spiritual or special, their ignorance about the true Self isso funny.That is what happens to people that read too many spiritual books and have seentoo many Enlightened Gurus, they will start to believe in fantasy and illusion to be the Reality, neverrealizing that all alongthe Self is nothing other than the simple fact of their own being. It is 'I' am.Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Can you ever say 'I' amnot? Of course not. 'I' am is always with you. Awareness of being never changes. No one in any circumstance can say 'I' do not exist and negate one's own being.There you go, 'I' am isalways certain and one's own being-ness or 'I' am-ness needs no proof. That is it. 'I' am that 'I' am is the so called Self-Real-'I'-zation. Being isawareness itself i.e. the Self. That is all.Who am 'I'? After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are. 'I' am is certain.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Everybody knows and says'I' am. Nothing new, special or extra-ordinary about the Self or the Reality.In fact a spiritual or religious Self or God is only found in story books thatsome believe are holy as some fantasy with extra-ordinary stories that we call religions and that somepeople wish to believe in.That is why they arestill waiting for God to show up some day.Another name for theSelf, He, the Reality is wakefulness.To know oneself to be this natural presence of awareness itself is theRealization.Wakefulness. To be awakeor to be conscious is to be lively and buoyant. Sentience, cognizance, awareness. Everyone awake from sleep or undeniably conscious is always abiding as the Self,they simply do not realize it.Consciousness orwakefulness is 'I' am. You are that.The state ofself-realisation, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Freedom is not somethingnew to be freshly acquired, but only removing the idea of being bound.There never was anything spiritual or religious whatsoever about awareness.Simply being aware is the Self.To be aware and remain aware all day long is the Self and one's true nature. Itis what you are and have always been.Like a Fish in the watercrying that he is thirsty. What is foolishly believed to be lost and needs to be found?Why should anyone Seek awareness as something new, when simply being aware isawareness itself?It is the knowing that you are. Present awareness is that 'I' am you know sowell.The only mistake is toSeek awareness as something new, different, special, spiritual or holy.Remove ignorance only and you have done all that needs to be done for Freedom.The Open Secret shiningin plain sight is that simply being aware or conscious is itself abiding as one's truenature.Nothing new, special or different. Everyone's unchanging true nature is simple,plain ordinary everyday awareness. Always experienceddirectly by everybody every single day as simply being aware and remaining aware.That is all there is to recognize or realize. To be aware and remain aware isthis presence of awareness itself. That is what the fuss about awareness or the Self is truly all about. Beingaware or awake or conscious or sentient.Of course to the ones whosell water by the River, awareness is packaged to look, smell, taste and feel like something new, spiritual or special. It is much more enticing that way thanwith just some plain no-thing.Spiritual carrots are used to entice spiritual and religious Seekers, just likea carrot on a stick is so enticing to an Ass.What about all the greatspiritual and religious beings, Saints, Buddhas or Enlightened Masters that walk the Earth sharing a beautiful message of truth, love, compassion andhumility? Simple, it is all crap.As the wise old saying goes, if you ever see a holy Buddha on the Road, run himover with a truck, it is only for show.Spiritual Gurus andReligious Teachers are only for show, just for entertainment purpose and appearance only.Do not take my words for it. Investigate and prove it to yourself. Open your owneyes, for it is very easy to see.Get to know the simple Truth. Investigate, because the one who waits for Freedomonly dies ignorant.The one who foolishlybelieves that the word 'God' points to something somewhere in the Sky is veiled.Don't you know that the Self, consciousness or awareness as some spiritualpresence doesn't exist?Veiled superstitiouspeople have created a so call God out of ignorance and illusion.People look up to the Sky like if there was something there. How funny.Just some imaginary fantasy for them to turn to and to worship.That is all what mainstream religions are truly all about.And so are all Sects run by spiritual Gurus, Saints, Sages and Jnanis etc.Of course you will alwayshave the self-appointed Guru, spiritual Teacher, Yogi or Jnani bragging about their spiritual experiences and great accomplishments. Some will evenwrite an entire book about it.A spiritual Guru from the East or religious Evangelist in the West, there isabsolutely no difference whatsoever.After all, how manypeople would worship someone else, follow them and even create a religions after them, unless they blindly and foolishly believed their Guru or Teacher had somethingspecial that they didn't have already?Nowadays when someonelikes the smell of their own farts so much so that they will write a book about it, theywillget some satisfaction and validation from others that they have so calledarrived somewhere or perhaps attained orexperienced something spiritual, religious or special and decided to share itwith others for recognition and a fee.Yet one can have manyexperiences and seeking to validate them, but no experience will ever be the Reality. It is absolutely impossible for whatever happens afresh to ever be the Reality.Whatever is gained will be lost.Many are fooled by falsely believing illusion to be true or the Reality.Therefore the rule ofthumb is easy, the more spiritual, the more religious and holy, paradoxically the more ignorance and further from the Truth it will truly be.It is just the way it is.It all works in reverse.Just like comedians arevery sad people camouflaging their sadness and shrinks mentally disturbed.Self-appointed Gurus and spiritual Teachers are simply people Seeking validationfrom others some will even place flyers in health food stores and advertisements inspiritual magazines with a strong desire to be sought, then discovered and worshipped by ignorantSeekers.Makes these people feelbetter about themselves by pretending to be a special being.Usually they will even put on a smile on their face to look happy or blissful.But that is all and onlyfor show, there is nobody special. Just someone pretending to be fora scam. Simply because an ordinary person is already a Buddha and a Buddha is simply anordinary person only pretending to be a special being or Enlightened being, just to entice theignorant Seekers to be at their service.In fact the so calledstate of Enlightenment is just a mental creation, a spiritual and religious concept orMyth. It doesn't exist. One only believes in Enlightenment just like others willbelieve in Santa or the Tooth Fairy.The answer to who am 'I'is not found in holy books as a spiritual ideology or fantasy.Realize thatparadoxically to know one's true nature and Freedom is very easy.Do not be fooled. It is not a spiritual event, state or experience. Nothing newis to be gained afresh.Therefore there is absolutely no Seeking experiences and nothing spiritual orreligious you have to do or turn to.There is nothingwhatsoever spiritual or religious to be taught for Freedom. Understanding alone isRealizing.Don't you know that the only Freedom, Mukti or Liberation is to simply freeoneself from ignorance?Knowing one's true nature has nothing to do with some spiritual or religiousbull-crap.Simply because the Self or one's true nature is nothing new, spiritual orspecial, it never was and never will be.Only the spiritual or religious Seeker believes that Freedom is something new tobe freshly acquired. But it is not.Self-appointed spiritualGurus and religious Teachers do not want people know the simple Truth about Freedom.These people have build careers and even legacies by feeding false promises,lies and ignorance to Seekers.Many will Teach some ideology around the world and sell books full of liespretending that it is Truth. After all, you cannothave both Truth and a Fee.If Freedom isn't Free. It is only lies disguised as Truth only.Open your eyes. Wake up!Smell the coffee. Have a look for yourself and see. Remove the veil ofignorance. Investigate.Lies, illusion or the false cannot stand up to investigation. Find out what is trueabout yourself, find out what is Real. What is the real unchanging you that doesn't come and go anywhere? Freedom is very easy if you only want it bad enough. After all, it is alreadyhere.One only believes thatthere is bondage, just a false notion, belief or idea.Know the simple Truth.There is no bondage and there is no liberation either.Just like a Fish in the water crying that he is thirsty. Whois bound?On enquiry 'who' is bound? The notion of bondage vanishes and so does that of liberation. The one eternally free alone remains self-revealed.~ Ramana Maharshi ~There is nothing to bedone for Freedom, any effort to become Free is itself bondage,but only to remove the idea of being bound is Freedom itself, that is all. Justthis and nothing else.Be wise and do not fallfor the holy spiritual being or so called Buddha you see on the Road for he will not helpyou.When ever you hear self-appointed spiritual Gurus and religious Teachers talkingabout going beyond a mind or kill an ego to discover freedom, realize the simple Truth,that these people are only lying to their disciples. There is no mind andthere is no ego to go beyond or to get rid of. One only believes that there is.Just like a mirage of water in the desert, upon investigation it is nowhere tobe found.Don't believe me, have a look for yourself and see. Can you show me your mind?Mind and ego are just adualistic concepts, that is all. Words pointing to something thatdoesn't exist.Why should anyone spend a lifetime striving to go beyond something that is noteven there, isn't it foolish?If you seek the egoyou will find, it does not exist. That is the way to get rid of it. Look for it and it will not be found.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Remove ignorance if youwant to be Free. Nothing else.You are already the one you Seek to know. There is no duality or separation, butOmni-presence.Consciousness is the Omni-presence that we call Life, nothing more is to berealized. Simply present as being-ness. No amount of effort canbring upon Freedom, but in fact effort only paradoxically perpetuate the illusion ofbondage.Know that no amount of time or practice of any kind can help anyone reach orattain Freedom. It is impossible.To make any effort is paradoxically bondage. To understand is to instantlyremove the veil of ignorance.Free yourself from thefalse notion of being bound. Understanding is all that is necessary.Remove ignorance only. That is all that is required for Freedom from allbondage.Know the simple Truth and it sets you Free from the false idea of being bound.There is no bondage otherthan a false notion of bondage. Funny paradox.One only believes that there is. Bondage is only psychological.That is the Secret toFreedom. You are ever-Free.Removal of the notion thatwe have not realised the Self is all that is required. We are always the Self, only we don’t realise it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~What are you looking for?Freedom is always here. Only an ignorant fool waits for Freedom. Did you know that the end of all Seeking paths is to simply remove ignorancewith understanding?After all, there is no becoming, no attaining, no achieving or reaching anythingnew or different whatsoever.If you don't understandthis consciousness itself, then you are in bondagewhen you will understand what this (consciousness) is, then that is liberation.Paradoxically you will realize that you are already liberated.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Many ignorantself-appointed spiritual Gurus and misleading spiritual Teachers alike keep Seekers bound to ignorance by telling them that they cannot understand thisconsciousness, when in fact all there is to be done for Freedom from all bondage is tounderstand this consciousness.Isn't that a funnyparadox? Well there is a reason for it and it is pretty obvious.Self-appointed spiritual Gurus and religious Teachers do not want Seekers toknow the simple Truth. After all, who is going to buy some Guru a Rolls Royce, pay their Rent or theirvacation but an ignorant Seeker.They want Seekers to be at their service. There is no money in Freedom, onlyignorance can be bought and acquired.Know the Truth. Freedomhas always been about removing ignorance with understanding. Justthis and nothing else.Not about transmissions of this and that of Guru's crap. There is nothingspecial about knowing one's true nature.Understandingconsciousness is child-like simplicity. To be alive is the presence of consciousness AKALife.To be conscious is consciousness itself AKA the Self. That is the Sought-afterTruth and one's true nature.Many people havemystified the Self for profit as something mystical, spiritual or holy. But that is false.Realize that spirituality and religions are a scam that have absolutely nothingto do with Freedom.Seekers turn towardself-appointed spiritual Gurus and religious Teachers for Wisdom and paradoxically only will gain ignorance camouflaged as Truth.Any spiritual orreligious concepts you may have read or acquired about the Self, He or the Reality from either Eastern or Western spiritual Gurus and religious Teachers is simplycrap. None of it will ever be true.Many use spiritual and religious concepts only to confuse and entice ignorantSeekers to believe the false to be true. People will camouflagethemselves as spiritual beings only to sell water by the River to the ignorant Seeker.There is absolutely nothing whatsoever spiritual or religious about the Self.That is the Secret, there never was.Only remove ignorance.That is all there is to be done.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Ignorant Seekers want tosee the Self as something new, a blazing light or something extra-ordinary, but it is not.Don't you know that the Self is awareness? To simply be aware and remain awareall day long is consciousness.Common to all and alwaysexperienced directly everyday naturally by everyone alive as the waking state.Being aware all day long is being the Self. How simple can knowing one's truenature be?Just be aware that you are and remain aware. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Being aware or awarenessis everyone's natural state of being.Awareness is sentience. Awareness is everyone's thoughtless true nature.Meaning if you pausethoughts for a few moments only awareness itself will remain present.Therefore what remains present without any thoughts present is always one'sunchanging true nature.One can spend an entirelifetime reading spiritual book after spiritual book, go from Guru to Guru etc, endlessly.The simple point to be grasped or understood is that simply being awarenaturally everyday is itself the presence of awareness called the Self and that is one's truenature.Get to know your realself. Have a look at your true nature. It is so easy.To recognize awareness present as the thoughtless unchanging you, simply be still for a moment and voila! That is IT.What remains present andself-shining as plain ordinary awareness itself is the Self.Realize that even if youpause thoughts you are and remain aware anyhow. Nothing whatsoever changes or happens.Just like clouds, only thoughts will disappear for a few moments but youyourself always remain present and aware.Whenever you pausethoughts for a few moments, the clouds disappear. Your changeless true nature is always self-revealed as the real changelessthoughtless you.Just like when clouds disappear, the Sky always remain. Awareness always remainspresent and unchanging.Realize that thoughtscome and thoughts go exactly like they are supposed to, but you yourself always remain.Present as pure changeless being. This affectionate immutable present awarenessdoesn't come and go anywhere. Freedom is to simplyrecognize one's true nature to always be present and unchanging with or without thoughts.That is the fastest and easiest way to discern between unchanging awareness andtransient or changing thoughts.All that is required torealize the Self (awareness) is to be still. What can be easier than that?~ Ramana Maharshi ~To recognize awareness tobe one's true self is so easy. Just be still and voila! So simple. Thatis all.Pause thoughts and what naturally remains present without thoughts present isone's thoughtless true nature.Awareness is the most natural and the most plain ordinary presence to anyonealive that people simply overlook it.Awareness or the Self isnothing new but in fact what you have simply always known yourself to be naturally.Awareness is not and will never be something new, special or different to bereached, to be attained or cultivated.The only Trap is tostrive to become or attain what you already are and have always been all along naturally.How can you kiss yourself? You are the Self or awareness itself this very momentsimply be just as you are. You, being the Self(awareness), want to know how to attain the Self (awareness)..... You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you areawareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Present here and nownaturally with all sentient beings. Nothing new or special. To simply be aware isawareness. That plain, common ordinary presence of aware-ness itself is the real Self andone's thoughtless true nature.There is no becomingawareness. Simply being aware is awareness itself i.e. the Self. Present closer to you than your own breath. Why should anyone Seek it? Look at yourself and you have found it. What you need is tobe aware of being aware.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Awareness is theeffortless primary cognizing presence that always remains present and unchanging assentience. Always present here and now with anyone that is awake and aware as sentience,wakefulness or awareness itself.After all, how many thoughts can someone be aware of, if they are not consciousbut un-conscious? None!The Self is naturallypresent as awareness itself. Awareness is self-shining. Undeniably present and unchanging.Awareness is not a thought. Awareness is the Real unchanging you that is presentand aware of thoughts.Awareness is nothing new,spiritual or far away. It is paradoxically always present closer than close.Freedom is not at all about being a blind believer of spiritual and religiousconcepts and ideology.But all and only about understanding what is simply being pointed to as one'strue nature.After all, how far andforeign can one's true, real, unchanging ever-present nature be from oneself?Awareness is nothing special but simply the natural effortless activity of beingsentient, cognizant.It is nothing other than simply being aware and remaining aware all day long.Awareness present is theknowing that you are.The Sought-after Truth is at once being alive and being aware.Nothing new, spiritual or special but simply what you have always been and are.Know the Truth.Self-appointed Gurus and spiritual Teachers sensationalize awareness camouflaging this plain ordinary everyday presence common to all as somethingspecial, spiritual or holy, but that is all false. Using spiritual and religious concepts just like a carroton a stick to only to entice Seekers.Nothing new, special orspiritual to be acquired. Remove ignorance only. Nothingelse needs to be done.The natural state of being awake or aware is the Reality or unchanging awarenessitself.At one stage youwill laugh at yourself for trying to discover the Self.~ Ramana Maharshi ~One can only laugh at thesimplicity. Freedom is so simple. Understanding is all. What you Seek is what you have always been and are right now. Nothing new or special whatsoever.Wisdom is Freedom. Only ignorance needs to be removed.Being awake from sleep,conscious, sentient, cognizant or aware is the Self. That is all. That alone is the presence of awareness being pointed as one's thoughtless truenature and Reality.There never was anythingnew, anything spiritual, religious or special about the Self. It is the natural state ofbeing.The ignorant spiritual and religious Seeker who is veiled by acquired beliefsonly believes that there is. Awareness present orpresent awareness is simply being oneself naturally everyday. Nothingnew or far away.To be aware is awareness. Natural, common and ordinary. That presence ofawareness is the Real Self. Awareness present is everyone's natural state of being.Awareness is alwayspresent with everyone alive as one's true nature.If awareness wasn't already present and unchanging with oneself, how could thatbe the Reality? Anything new, different, spiritual, religious or special is not awareness or theReality but in fact transient illusion.Subtle and changeless.The Reality present as one's true nature is plain and ordinary awareness. Awareness is wakefulness. Nothing new or special about being aware. Who is notawake or aware everyday?Everyone already knows the Self or this present awareness so well already asone's natural state of being. Who doesn't know and say'I' am? Being aware or awareness present is undeniably knowing that you are.Sentience, cognizance, wakefulness, awareness are just different namessynonymous with the Self.Awareness is nothing new or special but what we have always been and arenaturally. To recognize one's truenature is very easy. Look at yourself here and now. Are you aware right now and absolutely certain that you are not asleep? If youranswer is yes 'I' am! Then you undeniably know the Self to be present. You are the knowing that youare, the presence of awareness itself.Don't be fooled. The Selfis not some holy presence or something new or spiritual to be freshly acquired fromothers.Any acquired spiritual and religious concepts and beliefs that awareness isanything new, spiritual or special are false.Everybody alwaysexperiences the Self. Not as anything new or special but as plain ordinary everydayawareness.Seeing is being aware or the Self. Hearing is being aware or the Self. Thinkingis being aware or the Self etc.All natural activities are always registered or cognized whenever you are awake,sentient or aware.To be alive, conscious oraware everyday is always abiding as one's true nature.To simply be alive and aware of being oneself everyday naturally is to be theSelf. That is all.That is what 'I' am truly represents. Consciousness itself. Present as theknowing that you are present.Consciousness is 'I' am. The simple fact of your own being. 'I' am isconsciousness or the Self, He, the Reality or God. Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~To be conscious isconsciousness i.e. the Self or God. How simple can Freedom be? You are He, you are IT, you are That this very moment naturally without evertrying to be. Look at yourself. Consciousness is indeed present. Aren't you undeniably awareof being yourself?Free yourself fromignorance only!Understanding isRealizing. Freedom is very easy. No time or effort is required whatsoever.Simply get rid of ignorance. Understanding is all. What can be easier than that?You won't become a holyspiritual being, an Enlightened Sage or a great Jnani etc, that is all crap. You simply remove the idea that you have not yet realized, that is all. Nothingmore.Realisation isnothing to be gained afresh, it is already there. All that is necessary is to get rid of the thought I have not realised.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Remove ignorance and youhave done all that needs to be done.Only ignorant spiritual Seekers foolishly believe that Freedom is about becoming, reaching or attaining something new, different or spiritual. But it isnot.One only believes thatthere is bondage. Get rid of the false notion of bondage and voila! That is all.You have done all that needed to be done from Freedom. It is so simple that itis laughable.After all, you cannotnegate the knowing that you are. You cannot say 'I' do not exist. Freedom is very easy. No time or effort is necessary to know the Self or consciousness to beundeniably present as one's true nature.Knowing the Self (consciousness) is being the Self, and beingmeans existence, one’s own existence. No one denies one’s own existence. ~ Ramana Maharshi ~Just look at yourself.You only know that you are present or are undeniably aware of being presenthere and now,simply because consciousness or the Self is itself present. Just like water andice, there is no ice without water.Consciousness is justanother name for you. It is what you are right now and have always been naturally allalong.The Self is always present as your own self. It is your own being. Present asthat 'I' am you know so well already. Consciousness is the real presence of Life or existence, immutable, indivisible,it is the very core of one's being.We are 'imagining' we are bound and are making various,strenuous attempts to become free.We will be surprised that we were frantically trying to attain something, which we have always been and are.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The only reason manyspiritual and religious Seekers have spent years studying religious scriptures and got absolutely nowhere is simply because all religious scriptures and holybooks are only about fantasy, about imaginary stories and misinterpretations.Paradoxically spiritualand religious books cannot help you discover Freedom. Simply because they are not pointing to the simple Truth whatsoever. That is theparadox.After all, who ever toldyou that you were not already Free?You are He, you are That, you are the imperishable Self this very moment.What you Seek is what you already are. How can you kiss yourself on your ownlips?All concepts about thisOneness, about this consciousness are simply pointing to the presence of Life itself. You are Life. Life is the so called Living God. You arethat Living-ness this very moment, simply being just as you are.The Self(consciousness) is God. 'I' am is God.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Being is Life itself. Noone alive can deny one's own existence. 'I' am is certain and needs no proof. Nothing is to beacquired to know that you are. 'I' am is always with you. Know that 'I' am is this presence of Life orconsciousness and that alone is God.Life, consciousness,existence, being and 'I' am are synonymous with God. Same, same. He is Life itself.Life is the Omni-presence some people have come to call God. Life is theBeautiful Mystery we all like to be.All sentient beingsare essentially 'Buddhas'. As with water and ice, there is no ice without water. Not knowing how close the truth is, we seek it far away. What a pity! ~ Hakuin Ekaku Zenji ~What you Seek is what youhave always been naturally. Being alive is the experience itself. Only remove ignorance.How can you kiss this Beauty? It is effortlessly beating your heart andnaturally self-shining through your own eyes.You can only be what you have always been and are naturally. Consciousness isthe real presence of existence or Life.Do not get confused byfoolishly believing that consciousness has anything to do with space or silence.Know the simple Truththat keeping quiet or seeking silence will never bring upon Freedom.Self-appointed Gurus and Teachers will sell silence to the ignorant for a fee.But that is only for making a profit.Life is consciousness.Lively and buoyant. It is not space or silence.It is the Reality undeniably present within your own dwelling.You wander restlesslyfrom forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.~ Kabir ~Just like a light bulbcannot shine without electricity.The Self or He or God is the natural presence of Life itself within the body.Life is just another name for consciousness which is present in all sentientbeings or God.Call it God, the Self,He, the Reality, the Oneness, consciousness etc, it is all the same.Same, same. God and Life or consciousness are synonymous. You are Life, you are God, you are consciousness.Here and now you arethat. After all, aren't youundeniably alive and aware of being?If you are not dead but alive, you are God. Your body is itself Life's temple.Consciousness is the power and intelligence naturally present within the body aspure being.The state of pure beingwhich is common to all and which is always experienced directly by everybody is one's true nature.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The only Freedom, Mukti,Liberation etc,is simply understanding that there is no bondage. So simple.Not striving to become, reach or attain anything new or different whatsoever.Ignorant spiritual andreligious people are the only ones that believe they are boundso they will waste their whole life foolishly Seeking God knows what. Chasingafter spiritual carrots.All that we need do is toremove the obstruction.That which is eternal is not known to be so because of ignorance. Ignorance is the obstruction. Get over this ignorance and all will be well. ~ Ramana Maharshi ~God is not found in abook. He is present within your own dwelling.Life doesn't know death. Life is the imperishable Self.Understanding is all. Notbecoming or achieving anything new. Just get rid of ignorance by getting a clue to what God truly is. That He isLife itself.Again there is no bondageand there is no liberation. You are already what you Seek to find here and now. Only ignorance is to be removed with understanding. Nothing else is required.Freedom is so easy.You gain absolutelynothing new, nothing spiritual or different whatsoever for Freedom. Becausenothing was lost.It is like a Fish in the water that cries he is thirsty or a Fish in the OceanSearching frantically for the Ocean. The best analogy is likehaving some precious sun glasses on the top your head and searching everywhere for them falsely believing that they are lost, when all along theyare always present so near.Nothing new or differentis to be freshly acquired.Freedom is not reached.Freedom is what you already are naturally.Consciousness is Life. Consciousness is indeed undeniably present because 'I' ampresent.Look at your own self.The only reason you know that you are or are aware of being is only because consciousness is itself present as pure awareness of being.Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Who doesn't know thatthey are alive. Who is not aware of being?'I' exist is 'I' am. Present awareness or awareness of being present isconsciousness.In other words wheneveryou are awake from sleep or are conscious naturally everyday you are indeed abiding as the Self. That is all. Freedom is so simple. That isthe funny paradox.Is there anyone whois not aware of himself? Each one knows,but yet does not know the Self. A strange paradox!~ Ramana Maharshi ~Freedom is very easy. Itis laughable, there is nothing you have to do or achieve for consciousness or the Self tobe.Obviously spiritual and religious people will never tell you that. Howcan they sell water by the River when all along everyone alive and kicking is already the Self, He and theReality?Understanding thisconsciousness itself is all that is required.Realize thatconsciousness is not a spiritual or religious state. Consciousness is what we are.What is Sought-after as the Reality is paradoxically whatwe have always been and are naturally everyday.The state ofself-realisation, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal whichis far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The so called Realizedstate is not a spiritual achievement or religious experience but simply being what youare.Understanding that being alive and conscious or aware everyday is abiding as theSelf, itself is Freedom.Self, consciousness, Life or God are just different names for the same presenceof existence.To be alive is itself tobe the Self. To be alive and aware of being is at once 'I' am and God. TheSelf is yourself.That is the Secret to Freedom that self-appointed spiritual Gurus and ReligiousTeachers don't want Seekers to know.The ultimate Truth isvery simple but spiritual Gurus and Religious people need to keep Seekers Seeking.They will tell their disciples to keep quiet, to meditate in silence and not totry understand.To do something to becomesomething, how funny!Have a look and see. Howmany self-appointed Gurus keep Seekers in the dark, bound to ignorance only by simply discouraging them to understand what theReality simply is.Some will stare in peopleeyes pretending to transmit some holy spiritual presence and others will sell silence.Many will pick up a practice to be performed, a meditation, a mantra or yoga,all cultivating bondage to ignorance.Ignorant of this simpletruth, innumerable methods under different denominations, such as yoga, bhakti, karma, each again with many modifications, are being taught with great skill and inintricate detail only to entice the seekers and confuse their minds. So also are the religions andsects and dogmas. ~ Ramana Maharshi ~It doesn't matter whatyou do, it cannot help you.No amount of effort or practice of any kind can bring upon Freedom. Only by understandingwhat consciousness truly is, that the veil of ignorance is effortlessly removed.Always remember that understanding is Realizing. There is no becoming what youhave always been and are.To be alive and awareeveryday is to always abide as one's true nature. It is nothing new or special.One's own everyday existence is the Divine. The Reality is at once being andconsciousness.What have you to wait forwhen it is already here and now?You have to only look & see. Look at yourself, at your own being.You know that you are and you like it. Abandon all imagining, that is all.Do not rely on time, timeis death, who waits dies. Life is now only! ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~There is nothing new to be gained or to be acquired whatsoever for Freedom.There never was. Why imagining to reach, to attain or achieve something new, spiritual orspecial, when it is only fantasy?There is no goal to be reached. There is nothing to beattained. You are the Self (consciousness). You exist always.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The so called Realizationis not to be achieved. It is already here.You already are at thedestination you have never left. Religious and spiritual Seekers have acquired the wrong address or wrong knowledge about the imperishable Self from others,from scriptures and holy books.Whoever told you that youhave to do this or have do that, to someday become Realized was either an idiot or a liar.Many self-appointed spiritual ignorant people and con artists alike disguisethemselves as holy beings to entice ignorant Seekers to foolishly believe the falseto be Reality.Freedom is always here.Only remove ignorance, that is all. So simple.The Self or consciousnessis always present effortlessly as Life itself.It is the living power and natural intelligence present in the body. Thou artthat.What can you do with this revelation? Nothing at all. Just be as you are. Thatis being the Self.Always remember that youwill never know Enlightenment for it is only a Myth. There is no such thing. Enlightened people only pretend to be. Just for show to entice the weak, thesimple and the dumb.Enlightenment is just a religious concept. Just this andnothing else.When ever you see someimbecile bowing down to their beloved Master, Guru or Teacher's feet. Laugh!These are ignorant fools that believe someone outside themselves is God amongman, that will grant all their wishes and manifest all their desires. Know the Truth, a holy being,Sage, Guru or Jnani is no more Enlightened than your neighbor's Grand Mother.The Self (consciousness) is not something to be acquired from others. All that is necessary is to know its existence in you.~ Ramana Maharshi ~No one ever fails toexperience the Self as consciousness.To be conscious is consciousness. To be awake or aware isawareness.To naturally be conscious or wakeful or aware or awake everyday is to be theSelf.Consciousnesspresent is self-shining naturally everyday as wakefulness or unchanging awareness.To be awake from sleep is to be the Self. To be awake from sleep isconsciousness.To be awake from sleep is to be aware and remain aware or awareness.Just be aware that you are and remain aware.You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~That is all. So simple. One can only laugh at the Joke of it all.There never was anythingnew, spiritual or special about the Reality.Ignorant spiritual Seekers believe awareness to be something new, spiritual andholy.Nope! Just realize that you are aware and remain aware all day long, that is IT.That is one's true nature.Understand thisconsciousness. It is so easy to know one's ever-present true nature.The Guru cannot give you anything new, which you don’t havealready.Removal of the notion that we have not realised the Self is all that is required. We are always the Self, only we don’t realise it.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Life or consciousnesspresent is known to all as pure awareness of being. The knowing that you are present is'I' am.Look at your own being. Are you alive? Are you conscious? Are you aware? Yes!Voila. You are that Living-ness.Consciousness is theunseen Living presence or Living power within the body. It is nothing new but Life itself.The Self is not something new, spiritual or holy to be acquired from others orfrom some holy Guru etc.It is only to berecognized always present naturally as Life itself, as consciousness, as existence.Awareness of being alive is itself the Reality. Knowing that you are alive is'I' exist, it is 'I' am.Everyone alive is alwaysthe Self.Being alive is theexperience itself. The Self is Life itself. To be alive is to be IT.Are you alive? Nothing new, spiritual or special is to be freshly acquired forthe Reality to be.Why remain ignorant?Understand! That is called Freedom.If you don'tunderstand this consciousness itself, then you are in bondagewhen you will understand what this (consciousness) is, then that is liberation.Paradoxically you will realize that you are already liberated.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~To be alive is to be God.To be conscious is consciousness and that is the Self. To be aware is awareness.Knowing that you are alive is pure awareness of being. Knowing that you arealive is 'I' am. The understanding is thatthe 'I' is not different from God. No dual-'I'-ty. Don't you know yourself?Don't you say 'I' this and 'I' that all day long? Of course!Who is not aware of himself? Everyone alive is undeniably aware of being.Consciousness is indeedalways with us. Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Present awareness orawareness of being present.You cannot negate thatknowing that you are. 'I' exist is the Self-Real-'I'-zation. So simple. Call off the Search! Full stop. Only the Search is a Trap. After all, what areyou looking for?Reality is at once being and consciousness.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The Lord, God or the Selfis simply one's own self. That is all. Nothing new or special about being oneself is there? The state we callRealisation is simply being oneself.Not knowing anything or becoming anything.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Nothing to change, nothing to alter or modify whatsoever about oneself.That is what it truly is to be the Self and the so called state of Realization.Funny no?Call off the Search.The Seeker is the Sought.That is the funny paradox.There is nothing new to reach, attain or aquire. You are that already literally.There is nothing to gain whatsoever. Ignorant and foolish people only believethat there is.Realisation isnothing to be gained afresh, it is already there. All that is necessary is to get rid of the thought 'I' have not realised.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Ignorant Seekers believethat the 'I' is ego or a finite self or whatever concept they have been brainwashed tobelieve.People believe all sorts of crap to be true. To the wise that flushed all thereligious and spiritual crap down the toilet,the 'I' is simply the imperishable Infinite Self and God. The 'I' or one's ownself is that. The 'I' is that. period end.Nothing spiritual orreligious about God. Call it being.To the ignorant the 'I' is the self limited to the body.To the wise, the 'I' is the Infinite Self.~ Ramana Maharshi ~The 'I' is one's ownself. The 'I' is that. The 'I' present in 'I' am is the Lord.In another words God is the plain good ol' everyday you!Here and now you arethat.What effort do you havemake to be alive and aware of being? None!Present here and now naturally. Alive-ness, living-ness, being-ness is theexperience.God is Life itself. So simple. If you are not dead but alive this very momentthen you are so called Enlightened.For whoever seeksGod in some special way, will gain the way and lose God who is hidden in the way.But whoever seeks God without any special way, finds Him as He really is... Heis Life itself.~ Meister Eckhart ~To be alive is to be theSelf. That is the Secret.One's own being-ness is nothing new, spiritual, religious or holy.Throw away all thespiritual and religious books. Simply because they cannot help you.The ignorant spiritual and religious Seeker expect the Self to be something new,different or special. But it is not.Understanding thisconsciousness, being-ness or Living-ness is all that is required. Itis nothing new or special.After all, if you are conscious, awake or aware you are therefore undeniablyabiding as the Self. That is all.There never was anything new or spiritual whatsoever about the Self. Some onlybelieve that there is.That is the only trap.Believing that God is something spiritual or holy when in fact God is simply Life itself.There is no heaven and there is no hell. No past life or future life. This verymoment of existence is the only Reality.Present here and now asLife itself. The Self or consciousness is nothing new to anyone alive.Spiritual and religious Seekers are only ignorant fools that simply do not knowthat being alive is being the Self.Remove ignorance only.Just this and nothing else.No one ever fails toexperience the Self or this consciousness everyday as the natural presence of awareness.The Self i.e. consciousness is simply the natural state or the natural activityof being conscious. That is all.The Self is sentience.Cognizance or awareness. To be aware is awareness. This present awareness is the Self.You are the presence of awareness you already know so well as your ownaffectionate everyday self and being.Another name for thisunchanging presence of awareness is wakefulness.To be conscious or wakeful is to be aware. So simple. That is all there is torealize.To be awake from sleep everyday, to be conscious or sentient is the awareness.That is all.What you need is tobe aware of being aware.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Self-awareness is knowingthat you are. Present awareness.Awareness is just another name for the true Self, for He, the Lord, the Reality,God or the real you. God is 'I' am or me, myself and 'I'. Same, same. The 'I' is notdifferent from the Lord.Know the Truth! That the 'I' is not different from the Lord.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Me, myself and 'I'.No one can deny one's own self.The 'I' present in 'I' am is the Self. The 'I' present in 'I' am is you. Gee!yoU aRe yoU.Only the veiled andignorant spiritual Seeker believes that the 'I' or oneself is anything other than God.Me, myself and 'I' is God or the Imperishable Self or the Lord. So simple. Calloff the Search. Thou art that already.God is not some stupidreligious concept or spiritual belief. God present is being alive.The experience is always here and now. Being alive is the experience itself. Howcan you kiss this beauty?No one can deny one's own existence even though one cannot see it. 'I' am isalways certain and needs no proof.No one denies one’s own existence any morethan one denies one’s eyes, although one cannot see them. The trouble lies with your desire to objectify the Self (consciousness), in the same way as you objectify your eyes when you place a mirror before them.~ Ramana Maharshi ~To be or not to be. 'I'am or 'I' am not. 'I' exist or 'I' do not exist? Which one are you absolutely certain of that needs no proof. Can anyone alivedeny one's own existence?Only a few idiots want to believe that they do not exist or that there is no oneetc, these people are just dumb asses.It is pureawareness of being. It is that 'I' am you know so well.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~'I' exist is 'I' am.Knowing that you are alive is being God or the Self or the Reality or whatever name turnsyou on.Nothing new, spiritual, religious or special about being the Self, simply plainordinary everyday awareness of being.To be awake or wakeful naturally everyday is to be aware of being and abide asthe Self, He, the Reality or God.The Self is God.'I' am is God.~ Ramana Maharshi ~Who is not aware ofhimself? Say 'I' am to yourself. That is it!You undeniably know that you are, that you exist is certain regardless that yousay 'I' am or not.That is all that is to be realized or understood. 'I' am is at once being aliveand therefore present as consciousness.Be content withwhat you are sure of. And the only thing you can be sure of is 'I' am. The only fact you are sure of is that you are. The onlyclue you have is your certainty of being.~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~Free yourself from theidea of being bound only! Forget spiritual and religious crap. It cannot help you. People appearing holy and spiritual tell garbage to others and Sheepos believetheir crap to be holy.Paradoxically Freedom isnot about anything spiritual or religious but all about being yourself.Forget everything for a moment and you are there. Just be still and 'I' amremains present.Not some spiritual or holy 'I' am. But plain good ol' awareness of beingyourself.Whoever said Freedom wasthe acquisition of anything new, spiritual or religious lied.Spiritual and | |
