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"Those who know only scriptures know nothing. To know is to be. I know what I am talking about; it is not from reading, or hearsay."

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

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The fear of death is the fine for accepting the identity of the body as a separate entity in the total functioning.

All life is conscious, all consciousness alive." "Whenever a form is infused with life (prana), consciousness (chetana) appears by reflection of awareness in matter.

If death did not exist, there would be an unbearable accumulation of memories. People come and go, the memories are wiped out therefore, there is sense of balance…

"Do not undervalue attention. It means interest and also love. To know, to do, to discover, or to create you must give your heart to it – which means attention. All the blessings flow from it."

"Whenever a form is infused with life (prana), consciousness (chetana) appears by reflection of awareness in matter."

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