“Why is my relationship with the other now, not harmonious? It’s a simple answer. Because the other, will not always do what I want him to do. Can there be a simpler answer?”

~Ramesh Balsekar~

You Are The Limitless Being

~by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The seeker is he who is in search of himself. Give up all questions except one: "Who am I?" After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are. The "I am" is certain. The "I am this" is not. Struggle to find out what you are in reality. 

To know what you are, you must first investigate and know what you are not. Discover all that you are not - body, feelings, thoughts, time, space, this or that - nothing, concrete or abstract, which you perceive to be you. 

The very act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive. The clearer you understand on the level of mind you can be described in negative terms only, the quicker will you come to the end of your search and realize that you are the limitless being.

Q: In what sense is happiness or bliss [ananda] our real nature?

~ by Sri Ramana Maharshi

A: Perfect bliss is Brahman. Perfect peace is of the Self. That

alone exists and is consciousness. That which is called happiness

is only the nature of Self; Self is not other than perfect happiness.

That which is called happiness alone exists. Knowing that fact and

abiding in the state of Self, enjoy bliss eternally.

If a man thinks that his happiness is due to external causes and

his possessions, it is reasonable to conclude that his happiness

must increase with the increase of possessions and diminish in

proportion to their diminution. Therefore if he is devoid of

possessions, his happiness should be nil. What is the real

experience of man? Does it conform to this view?

In deep sleep man is devoid of possessions, including his own

body. Instead of being unhappy he is quite happy. Everyone desires

to sleep soundly. The conclusion is that happiness is inherent in

man and is not due to external causes. One must realize the Self in

order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

~ by Sri Ramana Maharshi from his book "Be As You Are"