HERE and NOW
YOU 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, miserable about being happy.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

One 'believes' that there is bondage and therefore seeks liberation.
But the fact is that there is no bondage but only Liberation.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

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Just realise you are dreaming a dream you call the world and stop looking for ways out.
The dream is not your problem. Your problem is that you like one part of your dream and not another.
Love all or none of it, and stop complaining. When you have seen the dream as a dream,
you have done all that needs to be done.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

How can anyone be unhappy?
Life is happiness itself. Being alive is the bliss of the Self. Existence is Sat-Chit-Ananda.
Only the people that are not content with Life are always crying that nothing is right but there is something wrong.

These are foolish ignorant people that are never satisfied with what is and suffer accordingly.
Some un-grateful people will always cry that they are not satisfied with Life.
But Life is God. What to do?

Your Life is His wish! You are being lived.
You are in fact being dreamed just like when you dream at night. Just a long dream.
Nothing is truly happening, just illusion dancing and playing with itself in a dream world or Maha Maya.

The Secret to happiness is very simple. Nothing is true. That is the Truth.
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, merely, merely, merely. Life is but a Dream.

Go with the flow, go with the movie or the Dream. No resistance to Life, no conflict, that is called happiness.
So simple. Get to know what is Real and Life is revealed to simply be just a long dream.

Consciousness is Life. Life is dreaming itself as yourself. Consciousness is God.
The world you see is simply a long dream of consciousness. Just this and nothing else.

Is this world Real or illusion?

The world is only a Dream. Take it for granted! Most people cannot comprehend this simple Truth.
It is like blowing up a fuse in their head. Attachment to the false is the only cause of suffering.
See the false as false and you have done all that needed to be done.
Then nothing is wrong anymore. It is only a long Dream.

Unless you investigate for yourself and find out what is Reality and what is illusion, you will never know.
The answer is only revealed from within. Within is the Reality, outside is only a changing Dream or illusion.
Just a Game of consciousness. Maha Maya. Leela will always entice you to foolishly believe the false to be true.

It is what the Dream is all about. See the Dream as a Dream and the Game is all over.
Illusion will no longer fool you.

Know the Truth!
Self-improvement is only for idiots. There is nothing to improve. What is born must die.
Your body is a shit mill anyhow that has no future, take it for granted. It is a dead body.
It is doomed. Why Seek to improve the impermanent? Isn't it foolish?

What is born must die eventually and is impermanent in nature. It is transient. It must eventually disappear.
The transient is not worth spending any time on it or strive to improve it, forget about the crappy body.

Find out what is true and eternal first and foremost, that is what true Wisdom is all about.
Don't waste your time Seeking the impermanent, you will have to leave it all behind
get to know the eternal instead. The True Beloved that will never leave you.

When you stop wanting what you don't have, are you happy or not?
Go to Ethiopia for a month and starve to death and see if what you are crying over is really that important.

If you are unhappy in your dream.

Well get over it! There is nothing you can do but only understand that everything is illusion anyhow.
There is nothing to change, nothing to alter or modify. See the Dream as the Dream and nothing is wrong anymore.

You will still suffer, feel pain but you will know that it is just the way things are.
Life is just as it is. It is not good and it is not bad. It just is.
Be content with being alive. That is all.

Life is itself the Precious.
To know the Self. To know the Reality. The kingdom is in you.
Turn within toward your own existence. Turn within toward your own being.
Toward that 'I' exist, toward that knowing that you are alive, toward that 'I' am you know so well.

What is God? Life is God. Life is consciousness or God's Spirit.
What is consciousness? Are you alive? Are you conscious? Are you aware of being yourself right now? Voila.
That is consciousness itself! The knowing that you are alive and conscious or awareness of being present is 'I' am.

God is 'I' am. 'I' am is being. Being alive is existence. That is the Sought-after Reality or God.
'I' am is consciousness or knowing that you are alive, that you exist here and now, it is pure awareness of being.

In other words if you know that you are not dead and are undeniably aware of being alive right now,
you are Enlightened. Being alive is the so called state of Enlightenment being pointed to by the wise, it is 'I' am.

Who is not aware of being alive and therefore aware of being present as oneself or 'I' or 'I' am? Each one knows.
Everybody knows 'I' exist, 'I' am alive needs no proof. 'I' know that 'I' am is always with you as present awareness
or pure awareness of being present as yourself or as the constant unchanging knowing that you are or 'I' am-ness.
Knowing that you are is unchanging awareness.

Once you know your real self or true nature to simply be Life itself.
Then you know the Kingdom of God to be the Oneness present in all sentient beings that some people call God.

The Realization is nothing new. The Realization is that 'I' am is God. That is all.
Existence is being. Being alive is 'I' am. 'I' am is knowing that you are, that you exist.
Awareness of being alive is God. Awareness of being is bliss. Awareness of being is 'I' am.

Present awareness.
Knowing that you are alive and aware of being alive is consciousness.
To be aware is this consciousness itself or the Self. You know that you are and you like it.
Who is not aware of himself? Being conscious or being awake is to effortlessly be aware of being present.

Being aware of being present as oneself is 'I' am or conscious-ness. 'I' am is this natural constant awareness of being.
That is itself God, the Self, He, the Reality. You know that you are conscious here and now and that is 'I' am.
To be conscious is the natural state of being aware of being oneself, conscious-ness is 'I' am -ness

Is there anyone who is not aware of himself? Each one knows,
but yet does not know the Self. A strange paradox!
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

There is no becoming consciousness.
To be conscious or awake from sleep is consciousness itself or the Self. That is the Open Secret.
To be awake from sleep is the ordinary conscious state of being aware of being oneself all day long or 'I' am.

To know consciousness is very easy. Realize that you are conscious and that is consciousness.
To know awareness is very easy. Realize that you are aware and that is awareness.

Just be aware
that you are and remain aware.
You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Who is not aware of being himself?
Are you aware of being yourself? Then awareness is undeniably present.
There is nothing more simple, more effortless and more ridiculous than Enlightenment itself.
Awareness or the Self is simply the knowing that you are. One can only laugh at the joke of it all.

There is nothing new to be freshly acquired. There is nothing spiritual to experience or religious to cultivate.
The realization is to simple recognize or realize that being aware naturally and effortlessly is awareness or the Self.

That is all that is required for Freedom from all bondage,
to know one's true nature to be nothing new or special but simply this natural ordinary everyday activity
that we call awareness or consciousness. Being oneself naturally is being the Self all along. That is the Secret.

To be conscious is wakefulness. Consciousness is daily wakefulness.
Plain ordinary everyday wakefulness. Wakefulness is the natural state of being aware.
Being awake or aware is knowing that you are. Knowing that you are yourself or awareness of being is 'I' am.

Consciousness is indeed always with us.
Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Self-appointed Gurus mislead people to foolishly believe the false to be true.
The Self or consciousness is nothing special, nothing spiritual or religious whatsoever.
It is simply Life, existence, being. 'I' am is at once being oneself and the Self or consciousness.
To be conscious or awake from sleep is consciousness and that is the real Self or one's changeless true nature.

No time or effort is required to know the Self.
You need not try to be conscious or aware. Realize that you are conscious or aware this very moment.
Consciousness is self-revealed naturally whenever you pause thoughts as pure changeless awareness of being.

After all, have a look and see who is undeniably present to be aware of all thoughts
and also present just the same to be aware that there are no thoughts present?
Who is present? Awareness is always present. 'I' am present and aware.

'I' am is the Self or consciousness that is undeniably present to be aware of everything, the witness of all things.
How many thoughts can you be aware of if you are not conscious?

Consciousness is the ever present substratum that is aware of all that is happening in you and around you
just like a changeless background of pure being. Consciousness is the knower present that is aware of everything.
The living-ness within the body that is cognizing, perceiving, seeing, hearing, knowing, thinking, feeling etc.

Know thyself! That is what 'I' am truly represents. 'I' am is consciousness and nothing else.
Not the thought or word 'I' am, but the undeniable presence of consciousness itself or self-awareness or being-ness.
Everybody is always the true Self or consciousness naturally and effortlessly, most people simply do not realize it.

Understand clearly what the finger is pointing to and see the 'moon' for yourself to simply be your very own self.
Follow the pointers and have a look within, look at yourself. Nothing new, no blazing light, religious or spiritual crap.

Instead of foolishly believing yourself to be a self limited to the body, know the real Truth about 'you'.
Know the Truth about about me, myself and 'I' and you know the Oneness to be what you always are.
You are egoless, formless consciousness i.e the imperishable Self itself or the Spirit of Life.
You do not have to try to become conscious. You are conscious right now or awake.

Consciousness is the present awareness, the cognizing or knowing presence.
Thoughts come and thoughts go but consciousness always remain present, unchanging and the same.
Thoughts are just a shadow of consciousness, just like clouds that appear and disappear on the unchanging sky.

Thoughts are just like the clouds that always come and go naturally like they are supposed to and consciousness
is like the infinite Sky that is always present for all clouds to appear on or just like a movie screen
that shows all kind of pictures but doesn't take the touch of the transient projections.

Realize that every time you pause thoughts, only thoughts disappear but 'you' don't. Thoughtless Reality remains.
'You' yourself are always here, 'you' naturally remain present and aware regardless. 'I' am is present awareness.

Consciousness is not something new, holy or spiritual to find somewhere out there or to be acquired from others.
One can only laugh at the joke of it all. It is so simple to know the real Self or consciousness.
To be conscious is consciousness. To be aware is awareness. That is the Self.

Paradoxically people Seeking God, the Self or consciousness do not want Reality to be that simple, what to do.
There is nothing more simple than to know the Self or consciousness, make no effort!
Realize that blinking takes more time and effort.

How much time and effort does it take to know that you are alive and conscious?
No effort is required to be conscious. Look at yourself. Are you conscious right now? Yes?
Voila! That knowing that you are conscious is consciousness itself or the Self or God. So simple.

Just be still and know that 'I' am is consciousness itself or God.
That is all the so called self-realization is truly all about. All about being.

Who is not aware of being oneself and yet do not know the Self? Everybody knows 'I' am.
Everybody knows that they are. 'I' exist here and now is certain and that present awareness needs no proof.

Know yourself to be consciousness itself and you know the Truth about yourself. That the 'I' and the Father are One.
No dual-'I'-ty, no ego, no individuality, no separation or bondage, just Life living itself as you. Gee! yoU aRe yoU.

Then the Search for the Self that was never lost but always present all along as your own self is all over.
Knowing yourself is knowing the Self. You are what you Seek already. Thou art that.

Knowing is awareness.
For anything to be, you must be present first!
How many thoughts can you be aware of, if you are un-conscious?

When thoughts appear on you, you are aware of them
you call that phenomenon 'mind', a stream of moving thoughts.

When you realize that you are
the awareness that is aware of thoughts,
you call it pure Awareness, the Self or God.

Forget all mental practices, forget about meditations, forget about spirituality and religions.
The Reality is nothing new, nothing spiritual or religious. The Reality is simply being aware or awareness.
Nothing you do not already know. After all, you are not un-conscious, therefore you are aware this very moment.

Awareness is not to be achieved, attained or acquired.
If you are up and running, seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling etc, awareness is present.
Awareness is the Seer, the Hearer, the Thinker, the Knower present everyday naturally as your true self.

To be aware is everyone's natural state of being.
Some call awareness the Self and orders call it ordinary wakeful-ness, both are One and the same.
Awareness is the most common and most ordinary presence you have always known as your own self and being.

Most people foolishly believe that God, the Self or the Reality is something new, spiritual or special,
but that is a mistake. Awareness is plain, simple, common and ordinary everyday being.
Awareness is that 'I' am you know. Awareness is another name for you.

You are awareness.
Awareness is another name for you.
Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Know the Truth! There is nothing wrong with thinking.
Whatever you do, do not try to keep quiet. Mental stillness is a psychological trap.

The cause of psychological suffering is the resistance to thoughts which are awareness in motion and what is.
What you do not hold on to, does not hold on to you. Be thought Free. Let all thoughts flow Freely.

There is no duality, it is all inclusive.
All there is ever-present is only consciousness itself or this Oneness. Just this and nothing else, why worry?
The good, the bad and the ugly are that Oneness as well. What else would it be in Omni-presence?

Omni-presence means that there is absolutely no room for anything else to exist.
Like with water and ice. Thoughts, feelings, emotions and all are that awareness as well.
It is all that. Nothing but that. Therefore all is well!
Understanding is all.

Why fight Life?
You are only fighting yourself!
Go with the flow if you want peace. Stop fighting.
You cannot win anyhow. Your Life is being Lived for you naturally from A to Z.

Just like a Train that is going to a destination.
If you carry a load on your head and decide to put it down next to you.
It will make absolutely no difference whatsoever for the Train, but it will surely make a difference for you.

Whatever comes in your Life, in your head or whatever is, let it come and realize that this will eventually go.
No resistance to what is, no conflict! Why go against the flow? Go with it and you can relax. Que sera, sera anyhow!

Whatever is appearing. Big clouds, small clouds, white puffy clouds, rainy or dark clouds.
Clouds always come and clouds always go naturally, that is what they do
but the Sky doesn't care.

That is the Open Secret to Peace. Let it all be, just as it is.
Thoughts, feelings, emotions and understand or realize that this too shall pass.

The only illusion of separation and bondage is not knowing the true Self.
Always present here and now as one's unchanging true nature. What is the true Self? It is awareness.
What is awareness?

The natural, common to all plain and ordinary activity of being awake from sleep or being conscious.
The Self is being conscious or conscious-ness, awareness of being present or awake is knowing that you are.
Present awareness is common to all awareness of being present as oneself all day long or wakeful.
Consciousness is indeed always present as pure awareness of being, as 'I' am.

To be conscious is consciousness. To be aware is awareness. That is all.
Being aware is always being the true Self. No difference whatsoever, same, same.
If you are not un-conscious or asleep then you are conscious and aware of being yourself.

Non-conceptual awareness. Awareness is not a thought or a concept. It is pure changeless being.
Awareness is always present first hand as pure knowing. Awareness is at once being and consciousness.

Awareness is sentience, cognizance, perceiving and knowing.
That is what being aware simply is, being aware is knowing what everything is.
Whatever you can be aware of is always cognized, registered or witnessed first hand just as it is.

Awareness is the activity of being oneself naturally.
Seeing is being. Hearing is being. Thinking is being. Knowing is being.
Who is present first hand to be aware of anything? Awareness is always present i.e. 'I' am.

Don't stir a thought, what remains present if you pause thoughts?
Awareness remains present as pure being, as pure sentience, as pure knowing, pure seeing, pure hearing etc.
Pause thoughts and only thoughts disappear but awareness doesn't change or come and go anywhere. It is always is.

Be still and voila!
Realize that you are and remain aware.
That is the true Self or unchanging awareness itself. So simple.

Who ever said that Freedom was hard or difficult?
Pause thoughts and you are there. No time or effort is required to know that you are aware.

Most people are veiled and Seek some spiritual or religious state of awareness.
These people are fools. Awareness is nothing new or some spiritual goal that is far away.

Awareness is everyone's natural state of being aware.
You do not have to kick start awareness, you do not have to cultivate awareness,
you do not have to practice awareness or meditate on awareness. Being aware is itself awareness.
Everybody knows and says 'I' am. Everybody alive and conscious naturally is undeniably aware of being.

Consciousness is indeed always with us.
Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

The natural state of being conscious that is so common to everyone
and that is always experienced directly without exception everyday naturally
as the waking state or effortless activity of being aware and remaining aware or awake
by everyone alive as plain ordinary awareness of being, is the true Self i.e. one's true nature.

Who is not aware of being oneself naturally and yet does not know awareness?

To be aware of being aware or awake or conscious here and now is awareness itself.

What you need is to be aware of being aware.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Forget about spiritual carrot and religious garbage.
Forget everything for a moment and realize that simply being conscious is being the Self.

The state of being aware experienced directly everyday as plain ordinary wakefulness is itself the Reality.
Know the simple Truth about the Self and laugh the Joke of it all.
Being aware is aware-ness i.e.the Self or God.

Nothing new, nothing spiritual or religious at all about this natural state of being conscious, awake or aware is there?
That is the funny paradox. People pretending to be Enlightened Sages, Jnanis, Gurus and Buddhas
are paradoxically only selling ignorance to the weak, the simple and the dumb.
Just like an enticing friendly used car salesman. Selling water by the River.

To simply realize that you are aware right here and now is the Realization. Didn't anyone tell you?
Being aware naturally is being the Infinite Self. Being aware or conscious or wakeful is being God, He, the Reality.

The Self is plain ordinary everyday awareness. Self, awareness and you. Awareness is God. 'I' am is God.
Present awareness is 'I' am. You are that. God is common to all plain ordinary everyday awareness of being.
To be awake is to be conscious, that is the natural unchanging state of being.

Awareness of being oneself naturally everyday is that 'I' am you know so well.
Who is not aware of himself? Everybody knows that they are, everybody knows 'I' am.

Awareness is undeniably present as the undeniable knowing that you are present. 'I' am is certain.
To be aware is to know that you are aware. Present awareness. You know that you are and you like it.

To know that you are aware is the Realization. You are that.
Awareness is just another name for simply being you, just as you are and have always been, nothing new.

Only ignorant and foolish people Seek awareness as something new, spiritual or far away.

These ignorant people are just veiled Seekers.
They read too many spiritual books and sucked up to too many Enlightened Buddhas.
They are blind to the simple Truth, it is so dear and so near. They always look away from this Reality by Seeking it.

No one is ever apart or not experiencing awareness directly,
it is impossible to be aware of being oneself everyday and not be the Self.
Awareness of being oneself is the Self. Awareness itself is present as the knowing that you are.

Being is awareness.
Knowing that you are present and aware or present awareness is being conscious or awake from sleep.
The waking state is the state of pure being experienced everyday by everybody alive.

Awareness of being is 'I' am.
Awareness is primary everyday as the knowing that you are aware.
The state of being aware and knowing that you are is wakeful-ness, conscious-ness or aware-ness.

To be aware is always first hand. You must be conscious or awake first and foremost for anything else to be.
How many thoughts, how many aches and pains can you be aware of, if you are not conscious?
Awareness is the witnessing, cognizing, perceiving, registering, knowing presence.

If you feel pain that is only because you are aware. If you are thinking that is only because you are aware.
If you are seeing, hearing, registering everything naturally within and around you,
that is only because you are aware.

Awareness is always present here and now.
Look at yourself right here and right now. Are you aware?
You know for certain that you are present and aware of being yourself here and now?

You know that you are awake, you know that you are conscious and aware of being aware right here and now?
You are absolutely certain that you are not asleep or un-conscious this very moment? You are awake or conscious?

If your answer to this self inquiry is " Yes of course 'I' am aware right now, 'I' know that 'I' am present."
Voila! That is He, the Self, the Reality or God. That is the awareness Seekers are Seeking far and away.
That is the 'I' am you read about in holy books. The knowing that you are, that is present awareness.

To be or not to be.
Awareness is being, knowing that you are.
So near and so dear is awareness. Who is not aware of himself?
To be conscious or wakeful or sentient or aware is one's unchanging true nature.

That is all that needs to be realized and recognized as one's thoughtless Reality.
'I' am is this presence of consciousness, sentience, awareness everybody knows so well as one's own being.

Awareness of being oneself is at once ordinary everyday wakefulness and the Self. That is all.

If you are awake or wakeful than you are conscious
and that is the presence of unchanging awareness being pointed to.

Nothing new!
Nothing holy or spiritual. Just a big joke! Look at yourself. Are you aware? Voila!
That is the Self, being aware or awareness is one's thoughtless unchanging true nature.

Pause thoughts for a moment and awareness alone remains self-revealed
as simply being yourself just as you are. That is IT.
Simply being aware and remaining aware.
So simple isn't it?

Thoughts are gone but you remain naturally and undeniably present and aware.
The Self is yourself. You are that presence of ordinary awareness itself.

Be still and you are instantly Enlightened! How simple is that?

All that is required to realize the Self is to be still.
What can be easier than that?
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Are you laughing at yourself yet? It is all so simple.
There is no becoming anything spiritual or religious but only realizing that simply being aware is being the Self.
That is all. That is the Secret to Self-Realization and so called Enlightenment. So simple.

At one stage you will laugh at yourself for trying to discover the Self.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Just like space is ever-present but unchanging and no-thing.
Awareness is also ever-present and unchanging with oneself as no-thing.

Awareness is being. Being aware is aware-ness.
The natural ordinary everyday conscious state or wakeful-ness is aware-ness.
That is th Open Secret of one;'s true nature. The Self is awareness. Being aware is being the Self.

That is the Self-Realization. Being aware is 'I' am.
Being aware is knowing that you are present here and now as yourself
That is  the Reality and Sought-after Truth. Closer to you than your own breath.
The Self is simply this common ordinary immutable and undeniable awareness of being.

The activity of seeing is unchanging awareness itself or the Self.
The activity of hearing is unchanging awareness itself or the Self.

Awareness is an activity.
The plain ordinary everyday activity of being aware or being conscious and therefore cognizant.
Awareness is the natural state of being always experienced directly by everybody.

Awareness is the natural activity of knowing. Pure knowing.
Witnessing. Cognizing. Perceiving is awareness.
Here and now you are that.

Reality is at once being and consciousness.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

To be or not to be?
If you know that you are, if 'I' am is certain.
Voila! Awareness is being aware of being oneself. It is 'I' am.

Can you deny knowing that you are aware?
You know that you are aware only because awareness is itself present and self-shining
as the undeniable knowing that you are present here and now as yourself, as 'I' am, as your own being.

You must be conscious first no? Before you can say 'I' am.
When you are conscious then you are and remain aware all day long.

To be aware and to remain aware all day long naturally i.e. wakeful or conscious
is the natural state of being and that unchanging awareness is the Self, He, the Reality.

You are aware and that is your thoughtless unchanging true nature.
Being aware is unchanging awareness. Being aware is always present as 'I' am.

Who ever said you had to make any effort or pratice anything for awareness to be?
Look at yourself. Look at your own being. Are you aware? You know for certain that you are aware?
Voila! Awareness of being conscious is this presence of awareness itself.

Since you are aware of being aware this very moment, there is no need to cultivate awareness.
You are already aware! That is all that needs to be recognized as one's thoughtless unchanging true nature.

To simply be aware just as your are right here and right now is always being the true Self effortlessly.
The word Self is only another name for plain ordinary everyday common awareness and therefore for you.

Gee! yoU aRe yoU. Omni-presence. No duality. There is only One presence of awareness not two.
The One Infinite Self i.e. awareness is Omni-present as plain ordinary everyday awareness in all sentient beings.

Therefore if you know this presence of ordinary affectionate awareness to be your unchanging true nature,
you also know the Oneness or Kingdom of God. Awareness is just another name for God.

Being alive and aware is being God. How simple is that?
Being alive and aware is 'I' am. Be still and know that 'I' am is God.

God i.e. awareness is pure awareness of being.
"'I' am" means that 'I' know that 'I' exist, 'I' am aware of being.

Everybody knows and says 'I' am. Only dead people are not aware of being themselves anymore.
Remove this spirit of Life, consciousness, awareness from this shell called the body and you have an empty dwelling.
Your body is just a dwelling, a temporary temple for Life, consciousness, awareness to experience and express itself.

Just like a dream body in the Dream and seeing the dream unfold through dream eyes.
The body is only illusion, but the living presence and awareness present in the body is the Reality.

There is no one that does not say 'I' am.
The wrong knowledge of 'I' am the body is the cause of all mischief.
This wrong knowledge must go. That is the Realization.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Know 'I' am. Self-inquiry. Investigate. Know yourself. Who am 'I'?
Know the Truth about 'I' or yourself and the 'I' is self-revealed
to be this unchanging presence of awareness itself.

The Kingdom is in you. Present closer than close. Turn within.
The Secret is to know the 'I' or get to know yourself. Who is 'I'? What am 'I'?
Look at yourself, investigate. Then you know yourself to be no different from the Lord.

To the ignorant the 'I' is the self limited to the body.
To the wise, the 'I' is the Infinite Self (awareness).
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Everybody says 'I'.
Awareness is nothing new.
'I' am means 'I' or awareness is present.
Awareness is the knowing that you are. 'I' am is always certain.

To self-appointed Gurus and spiritual Teachers, the 'I' is believed to be ego.
To the wise who knows the simple Truth, the 'I' is God. Same, same. No difference whatsoever.
The 'I' is always That or Thou art That. No dual-'I'-ty. Only One 'I', One Self Omni-present in all, as all. Oneness.

Know the Truth!
That the 'I' is not different from the Lord.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Who is not aware of himself? Everybody says 'I' and says 'I' do this and 'I' do that all day long?
Nothing new! Everybody knows awareness so well already as simply being oneself.
'I' and awareness are One. Same presence of existence and consciousness.

The state we call Realisation is simply being oneself.
Not knowing anything or becoming anything.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

To be awake from sleep naturally is awareness itself. It is pure being. Awareness is not to be achieved.
Awareness is already there, effortlessly and naturally present as consciousness itself. Being awake is being aware.
Aren't you awake or aware of being conscious right here and now?

If you know this very moment that you are not dead or asleep
but lively and buoyant, awareness of being is present as the knowing that you are.

Present awareness is being awake, conscious and remaining conscious, aware or awake all day long.
Wakefulness is consciousness i.e awareness. Being aware and remaining aware. So simple.

Who is awake, conscious and not aware of being present as oneself? Who doesn't know and say 'I' am?
That knowing that you are present here and now as yourself is this wakefulness, consciousness and awareness itself.
Awareness is nothing new to anyone alive but simple, plain and ordinary everyday natural state of being.

To be aware of being oneself is always the presence of awareness itself. That is what the Self truly is.
Awareness is 'I' am. Nothing new or special about the state of wakeful-ness which is the state of being aware
but so familiar, so common, so subtle and so ordinary to everybody that therefore awareness is easily overlooked
until pointed to and recognized as one's own affectionate real self and unchanging true nature.

Awareness is what you already are right now.
Have a look at yourself and see. Aren't you conscious? Aren't you aware of being present as yourself?
There you go sport. The Secret is revealed! Awareness is knowing that you are aware.
Voila! Being aware is itself this awareness. How simple is that?

To be aware is awareness. Awareness is being aware.
If you are not dead, asleep or un-conscious. You are aware! Rejoice. You are That.

You are awareness.
Awareness is another name for you.
Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

The ultimate Truth is so simple, that is paradoxically the only difficulty.
To be awake, conscious and aware of being oneself all day long is to be the Self.
Nothing spiritual, nothing religious or holy. Simple changeless being is one's true nature.

Understanding is all!
There is nothing new to be freshly acquired.
What is awareness, what is the Self, He, the Reality or God?

To be awake from sleep is to be conscious, to be awake and aware of being present as oneself or present awareness.
To be awake is to be this presence of awareness itself, it is the state of pure awareness of being, it is 'I' am.
Self-awareness is at once being aware of being oneself and also being God. It is 'I' am.

'I' am means 'I' know that 'I' exist. No one can deny one's own existence.
Here and now 'I' am. 'I' exist is certain. It is pure awareness of being. 'I' am is always with you.
That is the Self. That is all the fuss is all about. All about being aware of being oneself, isn't that funny?

The Self is ever present. Each one wants to know the Self.
What kind of help does one require to know oneself?
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

One's true nature is paradoxically one's affectionate natural state of being.
The Self is awareness. Being aware is this presence of awareness itself some call the Self.

The Self or awareness is not something to be freshly acquired. It is not something to be acquired from others.
All that is necessary is to realize that to simply be aware right here and now is this presence of awareness.

Some people want to teach awareness, write books about awareness and give satsang.
Others want to learn how to cultivate, reach or practice awareness.

Know the Truth, there is nothing to Teach.
There is nothing to practice. There is nothing to reach or attain.

To simply be aware is itself awareness. How simple is that?
Are you aware? There you go sport. That is the Self, He, the Reality. That is awareness.

Call off the Search. You already are what you Seek this very moment. Being just as you are.
Being aware here and now is knowing that you are conscious and present as yourself, it is 'I' am.

Look at yourself. Look at your own being. Are you aware? If the answer is yes of course 'I' am aware, voila!
Being aware is awareness itself. Nothing new or special. Knowing that you are aware is awareness itself.
You are that. You are that awareness. It is your real self. That is all there is to realize.

The Self is the everyday state of being aware common to all.
Being conscious is awareness itself. That is the Self.

Awareness is everyday sentience, ordinary cognizance, knowing, perceiving, witnessing, the state of being aware.
Knowing that you are present. If you do not understand what is being pointed to as this common
affectionate presence of awareness, look awareness up in the dictionary.

Like a finger pointing at the moon. The word awareness is not the actual awareness.
At least you will get a clue to what is being pointed to as present awareness.

The state of being aware is the presence of awareness itself.

It is exactly what it means, the natural everyday state of being aware is this natural cognizing activity itself,
that alone is the present awareness being pointed to, that some people call the Self, He, the Reality or God.

Awareness means knowing.
The activity of knowing is the presence of awareness itself.
If you are un-conscious or asleep then you are not aware of anything.

Only remove ignorance. That is all there is to be done.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Nothing new or different. The Self is plain ordinary everyday awareness.
No time or effort is required to be! What does anyone need to be aware effortlessly?
Are you aware right now? You know that you are present? 'I' am is certain? Voila! That is the Self.

If you have been told to meditate, told to do some spiritual practice, to be in the presence of holy beings
told to keep quiet or sold silence packaged as enticing retreats to special places by some self-appointed Gurus.
Then realize the Truth, that you have been sold water by the River and given the wrong address to your true home.

You are what you always are and have always been naturally. Awareness.
One's true nature is the natural plain and ordinary everyday activity of being aware.
No one ever fails to experience awareness or the Self directly as the very core of one's being.

To be or not to be. Awareness is the knowing that you are.
'I' am because awareness is present. Awareness is present because 'I' am.

After all, pause thoughts, be still and realize that awareness alone
remains effortlessly self-revealed as your ever-present true self, as pure changeless being.
Pause thoughts and you remain present as pure awareness itself. Awareness is another name for you.

Present awareness. Knowing that you are present as yourself everyday is itself pure awareness of being.
To simply be awake, to be conscious, to be aware naturally is one's thoughtless changeless true nature.

If you know that you are present here and now then awareness is undeniably present as the knowing itself.
Knowing that you are present or awareness of being present as yourself here and now is 'I' am.
Awareness is another name for you. Another name for that 'I' am you know.

Understanding is all. Make no effort. There is no becoming awareness.
Simply realize that right now you already are aware and that you remain aware effortlessly.
There is no reaching, no becoming, no striving, no cultivating awareness. Being aware is awareness.

Are you laughing at yourself yet? Are you laughing at the Joke of it all?

Who ever said Freedom was something special? Who ever said that Freedom was hard or difficult? No one!
Freedom is to understand and remove ignorance about one's true nature, that is all.

The state of being aware naturally is itself awareness, that is one's true nature.
That is the Open Secret to Freedom. If you know that you are aware, then awareness is present.
Being aware is being the Self. Being aware is the Reality. Being aware is being your real self or God.

Just be aware
that you are and remain aware.
You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Consciousness is one's true nature.
Consciousness is what some people call the Self or God.

Consciousness is simply being aware and remaining aware all day long.
The state of being aware is the natural state of being common to everybody alive.

What you need is to be aware of being aware.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

We call this common to all odinary everyday natural state of awareness the waking state.
The waking state is the state of pure being.

The state of pure being which is common to all and which is always
experienced directly by everybody is one's true nature.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

What can be more effortless than being awake naturally? Wakefulness is awareness i.e. the Self. That is IT
That is what ignorant people spend years foolishly Seeking far and away
or meditate to discover as something new or spiritual. Helloooo!

Wake up and smell the Coffee!
What are you looking for? Do you truly know what this awareness is really all about?
Are you awake, are you conscious and aware of being aware, you are not asleep or un-conscious?

That is IT!

All you need is to realize that simply being aware is this presence of awareness itself. That is the imperishable Self.
That is one's thoughtless true nature. Consciousness is not lost or to be found far away.

The state of self-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 ~

Nothing new.
Nothing special. Nothing spiritual. Nothing different about being oneself naturally is there?
Who said awareness was to be reached? The self-Realization is realizing that being aware is the thoughtless Reality.

Unchanging awareness means it doesn't come or go anywhere. Like the unchanging Sky or a movie Screen.
The witness of all things is this ordinary everyday natural presence of awareness.
The ever-present Knower present within your own dwelling.

Who is aware of this and that? 'I' am of course.
That is what 'I' am truly represents. Awareness of being oneself.
Who is not aware of himself? Everybody knows that they are. 'I' am needs no proof.

It is pure awareness of being. It is that 'I' am you know so well.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

So simple, it is all so easy, who is not aware of being himself?
One must laugh at the Joke of it all. Simply being awake is being aware and remaining aware all day long.
Awareness is wakefulness and what you are everyday. Everybody wakes up Enlightened but they do not realize it.

Have a look at your real self, at your true nature.
What remains present if you pause thoughts? Isn't there an ordinary awareness of being yourself.
An undeniable unchanging knowing that you are aware, you do not stop being aware of being yourself.

One's thoughtless true nature is so subtle until clearly pointed to.
Awareness is being what you are and have always been all along. Nothing new.

No one ever fails to experience consciousness directly as the natural effortless state of wakefulness.
There is no need to strive to find awareness. Being awake from sleep is that presence of awareness itself

Everybody awake is always aware of being present. 'I' am is always with you. To simply be conscious is 'I' am.
That is all there is to realize. Being conscious is this consciousness itself some call the Self or God. That simple.

Is there anyone who is not aware of himself?
Each one knows, but yet does not know the Self. A strange paradox!
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Are you aware of being yourself? Look at yourself here and now.
Present awareness is simply the knowing that you are present here and now as yourself. 'I' am is certain.

Are you are conscious? Are you aware?
You know that you are aware? You know that you are alive and kicking? Voila!

The Sought-after Truth is always present undeniably closer to you then your own breath,
it is camouflaged as the most ordinary, as the most plain common to all everyday state of being aware.

At one stage you will laugh at yourself for trying to discover the Self.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

All that is required to realize the Self is to be still.
Pause thoughts and notice that what remains present without thoughts is your real self.
You are that awareness that remains present and self-shining naturally with or without thoughts.
Thoughts only appear on you. Be still and thoughts disappear, only one's true nature remains self-revealed.

Once you realize that you are and remain aware when you pause thoughts. Voila! You know your true nature to simply be what you are and have always been, this plain ordinary everyday common affectionate awareness itself.

You are aware regardless. You are and always remain aware-ness.
Simply being aware of being oneself is this state of awareness itself. So simple. You are that.
Be still and know that 'I' am is being aware or awareness, 'I' am is that constant unchanging knowing that you are.

Awareness is 'I' am. If you know you are present as yourself it is only because awareness is present.
Present awareness is me, myself and 'I'. Being oneself naturally is always being the Self or awareness.
To be aware of being oneself is present awareness. That is the Realization. |
You are and always have been awareness, you are already that.

THERE IS NO BECOMING AWARENESS.

No time and no effort is required for awareness to be. Present awareness is everyday ordinary wakefulness.
Being conscious, being awake is itself this presence of unchanging awareness.

To be awake just like you are this very moment is one's true nature, that is IT, that alone is unchanging awareness.
The waking state is the natural state of pure being or this presence of awareness common to everybody.

Just realize that you are aware right now and that is itself aware-ness.
Simply being aware is being the Self i.e. awareness. The Self is just another name for awareness.
Awareness and the Self are just different names for you. The 'I' and awareness are One and the same presence.

Gee! yoU aRe yoU.
Who is not aware of being awake, aware of simply being aware of being oneself here and now?
Present awareness is 'I' am. Awareness is simply that 'I' am you know.
Being yourself naturally is awareness. No difference.

You are awareness.
Awareness is another name for you.
Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

In other words if you are aware of being aware this very moment, right here and now you are Enlightened.

You are aware of being, you know that you are present and this undeniable awareness of being present
is this presence of consciousness itself some call the Self, the Reality or God.

Consciousness is pure awareness of being. It is the knowing that you are.
After all, if someone calls you name, would you answer 'I' am here?

Consciousness is indeed always with us.
Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Know the simple Truth about yourself if you desire to be Free. You are Life itself.
There is no bondage and there is no liberation. You already are and always have been ever-Free.
Enlightenment is only a religious myth of ignorance. Self-realization already happened, the self is already realized.
The self is yourself. You are consciousness itself. Know thyself and you know Freedom to be you. Gee! yoU aRe yoU.

Freedom is nothing new. There is no reaching or becoming anything whatsoever.
Only the removal of ignorance is Freedom from all bondage.
Know thyself. That is all.

Liberation is our very nature. We are that.
The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature.
It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

What is the true Self?
The most plain common ordinary presence of existence you have ever known.
It is the very core of your own being. Your very own existence is itself the Divine.
Everybody knows the Self or God so well already as pure awareness of being, as 'I' am.

As the old saying goes.
Before Enlightenment I suffer. After Enlightenment I suffer.
Before Enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After Enlightenment chop wood and carry water.
Nothing changes whatsoever. A cosmic Joke as they say. Only ignorance is removed, that is the meaning in it.

No clouds are ever attached to the Sky.
No thoughts, no feelings or emotions are ever attached to you. Whatever it may be, this too shall pass eventually.
You are not them. You are the one that is naturally present and aware of them. You are pure awareness itself.

Have a look at yourself and see the real unchanging thoughtless you. The you that doesn't come or go anywhere.
Who is present and aware of thoughts, feelings, emotions and all natural activities all day long? 'I' am.
On inquiry who is bound, the one already ever-Free remains self-revealed as being yourself.

All living beings are already Buddhas. Some know it and some don't.
The one who inquires who am 'I', is the one who knows the simple Truth about himself,
and only laughs at himself for Seeking the Self or God as anything new, different or spiritual, that is all.

Did you know that bondage and liberation do not exist for anybody?
There is no waiting for Enlightenment! You are already ever-Free anyhow, why worry?

Wisdom is Freedom. Ignorance is the only illusion of bondage.
Obviously some people do not want Seekers to know this.

After all, one can only worship and chase after illusion.
The Reality is already present within one's own dwelling. It is not to be achieved.

Simply know the you that doesn't come and go anywhere to be this Sought-after thoughtless Reality.
If you inquire what remains present without thoughts present. You remain present and aware of being.
Be still and know that 'I' am is present awareness.

The Secret to Freedom is that it is not the acquisition of anything new.
Freedom is not about becoming or attaining anything new at all and never will be.

Freedom from all bondage is to simply realize that Life doesn't know death.
That is all.

Life is consciousness. Consciousness is the unborn. It is no-thing.
Consciousness is the essence of Life itself, the presence of existence that is eternal and immortal.
Consciousness is the imperishable self. Fire cannot burn it, the sword cannot cut it and water cannot drown it.

Consciousness is one's unchanging true nature and eternal Reality. That is the good news.
Not the body made of flesh that is born and must die but the unseen Living-ness present within the body.
The Living presence and awareness present within the body is one's true nature and the Reality.

Nobody becomes anything new, anything different, spiritual or special for Freedom.
Only ignorance is removed with inquiry. Freedom is to realize that to be alive is to be the Self, He, the Reality.

One's own existence is this presence of consciousness itself. One's own existence is the Divine.
To simply be alive naturally is everyone's natural state of being.
All sentient being are already Buddhas.

Call it by any name, God, Self, the heart or the seat of consciousness, it is all the same.
The point to be grasped is that this heart means the very core of one’s being.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Look at your own existence right here and now.
Are you alive right now? If the answer is Yes 'I' am!
You are effortlessly aware of being. 'I' am is this undeniable awareness of being.

Present awareness or awareness of being present as oneself
is being the Self, the Reality or God. It is 'I' am. Everybody knows and say 'I' am.
Lively and buoyant. Awareness of being is bliss. 'I' exist is the bliss of the Self. God is 'I' am.

The Self is God. 'I' am is God.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Being alive is being God period end! That is all there is to be Realized. The Kingdom is in you. Life is the Oneness.
Your body is simply God's temple and God's Spirit lives in you. Voila! Nothing new under the Sun.

Call off the Search.
What are you looking for, nothing was ever lost.
Are you alive and aware of being? There you go sport, that simple.

The experience is here 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 ~

The Joy of being alive. Joy de vivre!
Who doesn't like to be? Everybody likes to exist. Being alive is happiness, bliss.

What have you to wait for when it is already here and now?
You have to only look & see. Look at your self, 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 ~

Why wait? There is no waiting for Life. Existence is always happening presently, right Here and Now.
Life is what is truly happening while people are so busy making plans. That is all.

Life is only happening presently. Now is this very moment of existence itself.
Past or future do not exist without the present anyhow. Nobody exists apart from Now.
It is always Now. No one can escape the eternal Now. it is impossible.

You are That.
Simply means that you are Life. That you are consciousness. That you are existence.
Being alive naturally  is being God. Being conscious effortlessly is being God. 'I' exist is being God. It is 'I' am.

Know the Truth that Life is God itself and being alive naturally is being God, the Self, He, the Reality.
No separation, no duality only One Life, One consciousness, One existence present in all.

That is the Oneness. The Father, the Creator is this Omni-presence, existence or Life.
You are Life, here and now you are that, you are God. God is being, God is 'I' am.
Being alive is being God. That is all. He is Life itself.

For whoever seeks God 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... He is Life itself.
~ Meister Eckhart ~

If you are aware of being alive this very moment then realize that you are God.
Simple as that. Who said there was anything new to be attained? You are that.

God is nothing spiritual or religious, that is all crap. God is Life.
That is the Secret to Freedom self-shining in plain sight. Being is God.

Present here and now only.
Life is Now only. Life is beating your heart naturally and effortlessly shining through your eyes.
Consciousness is 'I' am. It is pure being. Life is existence. It is the core of one's being. 'I' exist is certain.

Freedom is not about self improvement or improving your body,
not about striving to acquire anything new, anything spiritual or religious
not about getting more of what you want and less of what you don't want in your life.
Freedom is no-thing at all, only to know the Truth, that one's true nature is Life itself and eternal.
That is all.

Freedom is to simple Realize that Life is God.
That is the Self, God or Oneness Omni-present in all beings and known to all as simply Life itself.
One essence of Life or existence that is present in all, governing all and expressing itself naturally as all.
Everybody alive is always the Infinite Self. Existence or Life is the Divine. Existence is being. Being is 'I' am.

The so called self-Realization is simply realizing that to be conscious effortlessly is consciousness.
That is all. That is what the cosmic Joke of Enlightenment is truly all about.
To be conscious is to be one's thoughtless true nature.
To be conscious is to be alive.

Knowing that you are.

Be still and realize that you are and remain aware. That unchanging present awareness is 'I' am.
'I' am is always with you constantly as the unchanging knowing that you are.
As pure awareness of being.

'I' am represents at once being and consciousness.

Be still and that is the natural state of pure being some call Enlightenment. Nothing new or different.
Simply being present as oneself without thoughts present self-reveals one's true nature.

So simple. Be still and you are there. What remains present without thoughts?
Isn't there a constant unchanging awareness of being present?

Discern between the transient thoughts and the ever-present Reality which is being aware. Just be still and voila.
Awareness of being oneself naturally is not a transient thought. Unchanging. That is the thoughtless Reality.
It is pure changeless being. Being conscious is simply being aware of being oneself. It is 'I' am.

Reality is at once being and consciousness.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Always remember that for the Realization you gain absolutely nothing new or different.
Only ignorance is removed. You know yourself to simply be the most obvious and common,
not some holy or spiritual presence and all that crap, but simple changeless awareness or consciousness.

God is Life itself.
Being alive is being Enlightened.
Plain ordinary everyday existence is the Divine.

There is nothing new, nothing spiritual, nothing religious about being alive.
Being alive is consciousness. Being alive is existence. Being alive is being God. He is Life itself.

Paradoxically nothing to do with the Reality. Spirituality and religions are crap.
Nothing new or different but being alive and aware of being. God is simply being alive, God is 'I' am.
That is all. Be still and know that 'I' am is God.

Everybody knows that they are alive and say 'I' am.
Who is not aware of being oneself? You know that you are alive and you like it.

Freedom is to simply remove ignorance.
Not become, not reach or attain anything new, spiritual, religious or different whatsoever.

Ignorant of this simple truth,
innumerable methods under different denominations, such as yoga, bhakti, karma,
each again with many modifications, are being taught with great skill and in intricate detail
only to entice the seekers and confuse their minds. So also are the religions and sects and dogmas.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Freedom from all bondage is not the acquisition of anything new, spiritual or different than simply being yourself.
Only con artists disguise themselves as self-appointed spiritual Gurus pretending to be holy for gratification or a fee.

Selling water by the River to the veiled and ignorant while the Reality is always present as Life itself.
Some will even sell silence to the dumb for a profit while no one is ever bound
but always naturally the true Self already and ever-Free.

Liberation is our very nature. We are that.
The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature.
It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

There is no becoming Life or existence or consciousness or awareness.
To be alive. To be conscious. To be aware is existence, that is the Reality.
Awareness of being is bliss. Awareness of being is the Beloved. Awareness of being is God.

To be conscious is consciousness.
That is the Reality. That is the Self and one's thoughtless true nature.
Be still and 'I' am is consciousness. The thoughtless Reality that doesn't come or go anywhere.

Who is not aware?
Being aware is itself awareness. Everybody knows awareness so well already as being conscious.
Being conscious is the natural state of being aware or awareness.

The state of being aware is awareness. Awareness is one's true nature.
The natural state of being aware and remaining aware is the Self, He, the Reality or God.

Who ever said that Freedom was hard or difficult? Look at yourself here and now! Are you aware right now?
Aren't you awake or aware of being present and aware right here and right now?
Of course you are, you cannot stop the activity of being aware.
You know that you are. That is awareness

Being aware is never changing but aware-ness remains the same all along. Unchanging as pure being.
Thoughts will always come and thoughts will go like they supposed to, but you always remain present and aware.

Pause thoughts for a moment and realize that only thoughts disappear
but unchanging awareness remains self-revealed as pure being.
Pure changeless being is awareness.

Have a look and see. Look at your real self. Look at your changeless true nature.
No matter what you think, no matter what you say or do, being aware doesn't change regardless.
It is the natural activity of being conscious and remaining conscious or consciousness
and being conscious always remains present and unchanging.

Being conscious is present as self-awareness.
Being conscious is 'I' am.

Consciousness is indeed always with us.
Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

It is so easy to recognize one's unchanging true nature.
Pause thoughts and realize that you do not disappear. You remain present and aware regardless.

That is the Reality itself. Being present is knowing that you are and that is 'I' am.
'I' am is true consciousness. The thoughtless Reality that remains self-revealed when
they are no thoughts present as simple, plain common to all ordinary awareness.

That is how you easily recognize or realize the Self i.e. awareness, just be still and Voila!
Realize that you are and remain aware. That is pure awareness itself. Never changing.

All that is required to realize the Self is to be still.
What can be easier than that?
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Knowing that you are present as yourself is the actuality of being aware.
No aware-ness present no awareness of being present as yourself here and now either.

Immutable. You and awareness are one and the same presence or 'I' am-ness.
Present awareness or awareness of being present as oneself is awareness of being, it is 'I' am.

God is another name for awareness or wakefulness or consciousness.
That is the actuality and Reality being pointed to as one's true nature.

Plain common to all everyday awareness.
You are present and aware of being, that is pure awareness itself.

The state of being aware is awareness itself.
To be aware is simply the natural activity we call wakeful-ness.
Daily wakeful-ness and aware-ness are both synonymous for one's changeless true nature.
Awareness of being awake or knowing that you are alive, awake, present and aware of being is 'I' am.

It is true!
You are awareness itself. You are the Self. You are God.
You are pure awareness. The witness of all things. You are awareness itself. Never changing.
The Self is in all beings and all being are in the Self.... Know you are Free.
~ Ashtavakra Gita~

The Sought-after Truth is simply being yourself, isn't that funny?
Are you aware? Is 'I' am awake, conscious ands aware of being present for certain. Voila!

Present awareness or awareness of being present as oneself naturally everyday is 'I' am.
'I' am is unchanging awareness, 'I' am is consciousness itself, 'I' am is at once being your own self and God.

Nothing new under the Sun. Everybody knows and says 'I' am.
'I' am that 'I' am is the Realization. 'I' am is God. Pure awareness of being is the Reality.

The true meaning of Enlightenment is to simply realize that you are aware. No effort is required to be.
The state of being aware and remaining aware all day long or wakeful-ness is everyone's thoughtless true nature.

That is what Enlightenment or the state of Realization is all about.
Paradoxically it is too simple, too plain and too ordinary for the complicated Seeker.

Therefore most people busy Seeking are overlooking that which always is ever-present and unchanging with oneself.
Unless this subtle unchanging presence of awareness is pointed to directly as the waking state
or the natural state of being aware or awareness, it is easily overlooked and missed.

To realize that you are aware of being yourself all day long is pure changeless being.
That is the Self. You know that you are. That is the Self-Realization. 'I' am.

Be content with what 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 only clue you have is your certainty of being.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

The very 'I' present in that 'I' am that you are and have always known yourself to be
your entire Life is this presence of awareness itself or pure changeless being.
Being aware is being this egoless, formless consciousness itself.

There is no one that does not say 'I' am.
The wrong knowledge of 'I' am the body is the cause of all mischief.
This wrong knowledge must go. That is the Realization.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

You are He. Without even trying to be.
Being yourself naturally is being the true Self. Gee! yoU aRe yoU.
You are the One without two. You are egoless, formless existence. You are that 'I' am you know so well.

Your body is not you but just a borrowed tool and temple for Life to express itself naturally.
Being is existence. Being is consciousness. Being is 'I' am.

To be or not to be is the question and the answer to existence.
To who am 'I'? 'I' am is the answer to the question or self-inquiry.

Who am 'I'?
After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are. 'I' am is certain.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

It is all very simple. Child-like simplicity really. Isn't it 'I' am present here and now a certainty?
How much time and effort does it take to know that you are present right here and right now?

Being open to super duper simplicity is the key to the Kingdom of God so to speak.
No one wise ever said that the Self was yet to be achieved or attained. Only ignorance is to be removed.
Understanding this consciousness is all that is necessary. Not becoming anything new.

Consciousness or the Self is pure awareness of being.
Pure awareness of being is knowing that you are yourself all day long.
Knowing that you are present or present awareness. Pure awareness of being is 'I' am.

Everybody knows that they are present and therefore undeniably aware of being oneself.
There isn't anyone that is conscious or aware and doesn't know and say 'I' am all day long.
To be conscious is present awareness itself. To be conscious is 'I' am.
To be conscious is pure awareness of being.

That is the Self or awareness or God you have real about in holy books and ancient scriptures.
Awareness is one's true nature. Nothing new or special. Pure awareness is being. Just the natural state of being.
Realize that you are and remaining aware all day long naturally, that natural state of being aware is the waking state.

That is the Reality that is sought-after.
Being aware is present awareness of being oneself. That is all that needs to be realized or recognized.
Being aware is one's true nature and Reality. Being awake or conscious naturally is being aware and that is the Self.

What you need is to be aware of being aware.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Are you aware?
All you need is to realize that being aware is being the Reality.
There is nothing more simple and easy than Enlightenment. Are you aware?
Voila! You are that present awareness of being aware of being yourself i.e. 'I' am.

Only the ignorant foolishly believes that awareness is something new or a spiritual or religious goal.
To the wise being aware naturally is being the Reality. You are aware and that alone is awareness and the Reality.
That is all. What can be any easier than that? Don't you know that you are aware here and now anyhow?

To be aware of being oneself naturally is the Self that is Sought-after, being aware is awareness itself.
To be aware of being oneself and conscious all day long is the Sought-after Reality. It is 'I' am.

The Self is ever present. Each one wants to know the Self.
What kind of help does one require to know oneself?
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Awareness is not something new or different to be attained.
You do not have to kick start of cultivate being awake or conscious everyday.
Being awake, aware or conscious is the natural state of being. Present awareness is being aware of oneself.
If you are aware of being conscious, you are undeniably aware of being. Being aware and remaining aware is Reality.

You are awareness.
Awareness is another name for you.
Since you are awareness, there is no need to attain or cultivate it.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

Once you realize that a holy Buddha, an Enlightened Sage, Jnani or Guru is only a fraud, a con artist
Seeking gratification and money. Then you are ready to be open to this simple Truth about awareness.
The Reality is nothing new or special. Being awake, aware or conscious is itself being the true Self. That is all.

Realize that to be awake or aware naturally is itself this subtle present awareness that the honest and the wise
have been pointing to for millennia as one's thoughtless unchanging true nature and Reality.
In other words realize that you are awake, aware and remain aware
and that is itself the natural state of pure changeless being.

Simple changeless being is one's true nature.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

The state of being aware is wakeful-ness i.e. conscious-ness.
To be awake all day long it to be conscious and that is simply being the Self.
Awareness is being. Being aware or awareness is knowing that you are present. Awareness is 'I' am.

There is no becoming or attaining awareness. Being awake is being aware and that is present awareness itself.
No blazing light or special faculty. Just ordinary consciousness is one's true nature. That is the Open Secret.

If you are awake you are aware. Same exact thing.
No need to cultivate or attain being aware or aware-ness.
If you are aware of being awake that is awareness. Wakeful-ness is present awareness.

Wakefulness is itself being aware. The presence of aware-ness itself is common wakeful-ness. That is IT.
That is the real changeless Self itself. Plain ordinary awareness is the ever-present Reality and one's true nature.

Being awake is being aware, both are one and the same presence of consciousness.
That is the Self-Realization. To be conscious and remain conscious all day long or awake is the Reality.

The state of being awake is the undeniable everyday state of pure awareness of being.
Present awareness is simply plain common to all everyday ordinary wakeful-ness.

Consciousness is the knowing that you are aware. Present awareness. Being aware is the Reality.
That is most common and most obvious presence one has ever known oneself to be.
Being aware of being present as oneself is 'I' am.

You are choiceless awareness or egoless consciousness. Same thing. You are being lived.
You are being lived by Life itself. Life, consciousness, awareness is pure awareness of being, it is pure existence.

What can be easier than that?

Look at yourself. Are you aware of being aware? Are you aware of being yourself? Is 'I' am aware certain?
If you can answer Yes 'I' am. Voila! 'I' am is the knowing that you are aware i.e. the awareness itself.

The experience is here 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 ~

Life is God. God is existence.
Existence is consciousness. Consciousness is awareness. Awareness is being. Being is 'I' am.

Self-awareness. Wakefulness is when consciousness is aware of being itself as pure changeless being. It is 'I' am.
Pure awareness of being is that affectionate presence of existence, being-ness or 'I' am-ness you know so well.

Self-awareness is at once knowing that you are present or present awareness and the Reality.
It is that 'I' am you know so well already as your own affectionate self and being.

To be conscious is to be aware.
To be aware and to remain aware is to be conscious.
Consciousness or awareness is the knowing that you are present and aware.
Being aware of being present and aware as oneself is consciousness. Knowing that you are.

Being and consciousness is one's true nature.
Consciousness is this plain common to all everyday awareness of being or present awareness.

It is that plain ordinary everyday being-ness or 'I' am-ness you know so well as your own being.
Is there anyone conscious or awake that is not undeniably aware of being oneself?
Everybody knows and everybody says 'I' am.

Is there anyone who is not aware of himself? Each one knows,
but yet does not know the Self. A strange paradox!
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

To be conscious or wakeful or aware everyday naturally is the Self.
The Self is just a fancy word for simply being aware and remaining aware effortlessly all day long.

The so called Enlightened or Realized state is simply the most obvious and subtle state of presence, the waking state.
The natural state of being aware common to all and always experienced directly by everybody
as plain ordinary everyday wakefulness is in fact this consciousness itself that is Sought-after.

The state of pure being which is common to all and which is always
experienced directly by everybody is one's true nature.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

As they say consciousness or Life is closer to you than your own breath.
So common, so familiar and ordinary, this presence of consciousness is easily overlooked,
it is the natural state of being aware and remaining aware, that present awareness is pure changeless being.

Knowing that you are awake or aware is to be conscious.
Consciousness is this presence of awareness we call wakefulness or being awake is being aware.
The state of pure being is this activity of being awake and remaining aware and therefore aware all day long.
Being aware is awareness. Being conscious is consciousness. Knowing that you are aware or conscious is 'I' am.

Are you aware? Are you conscious? Are you aware of being present?
Yes 'I' am. Knowing that you are is that 'I' am you so so well.
Pure awareness of being is being conscious or awake.

The ultimate Truth is very simple. Are you aware of being aware?
Then awareness is obviously undeniably present as the pure knowing that you are.
Knowing that you are present is present awareness. Awareness of being present as oneself is 'I' am.

Knowing that you are conscious, knowing that you are aware and present as yourself is 'I' am.
'I' am is always with you. No one can ever deny one's own being.
You know that you are and you like it.
'I' am is the Self.

What have you to wait for when 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.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Awareness of being is bliss. To be or not to be? 'I' am or 'I' am not?
Which is certain and needs no proof. That is the absolute Reality you Seek to know.
Your very own self and being here and now is certain. That 'I' am you know so well is the Reality.

Once someone is willing to see through the veil of spiritual and religious garbage accumulated over the years.
Then the Reality is self-revealed not as anything new, not as anything spiritual or religious. But as the most common,
the most plain and most ordinary presence one has always known oneself to be, as simply being aware or awake
and remaining aware or awake and that natural state of present awareness is called consciousness.

That common to all presence of awareness alone is the True Self or Reality that is Sought-after.
Nothing new or some religious or spiritual goal. Present awareness is simply being oneself, it is 'I' am.

The state of self-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 ~

Consciousness is nothing new to be freshly acquired. To be conscious is itself being the Reality.
Being conscious or awake from sleep is the so called state of self-Realization itself.
Who said you were not the Reality itself already? It is 'I' am. It is yourself.

There is no reaching the Self. There is no becoming conscious or aware or awake.
Look at your own being-ness. You are aware already, you are awake and conscious here and now without effort.

You yourself are already that present awareness without even trying to be.
What effort do you make to be aware? Are you are aware of being aware right here and right now?
There you go, that is IT. The state of pure being common to everybody is plain ordinary wakefulness.

At one stage you will laugh at yourself for trying to discover the Self.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

The Self is at once consciousness and existence. Awareness and being.
Consciousness, existence, awareness, being is 'I' exist, knowing that you are is 'I' am.

Reality is pure changeless being.
Awareness of being is bliss or happiness. Sat-Chit-Ananda is to exist. Everybody likes to be.
One's own affectionate self and existence is the Sought-after Truth and Reality.

After all, look at yourself here and now.
Look at your own undeniable existence and being-ness and realize that 'I' am is certain.
You know that you are present and are undeniably aware of being.

Present and aware of being or present awareness is 'I' am.
You know that you are present, 'I' exist here and now needs no proof.
'I' am is the Reality hidden in plain view. The Self is that 'I' am you know so well as your own being.
Reality is pure changeless awareness of being. It is 'I' am. In others words 'I' am is consciousness or God.

Consciousness is indeed always with us.
Everybody knows 'I' am. No one can deny his own being.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

To be conscious or awake from sleep everyday is to be aware of being present as oneself.
That present awareness is the knowing that you are present or self-awareness.
That alone is the Self being pointed to as one's true nature.

The ultimate Truth is very simple. Everybody knows that they are awake. That is called being.
To know that you are awake is to be conscious and that is self-awareness or awareness of being.
That is all. That is the 'I' am-ness or being-ness some call the Self or God.
You are aware of being. Know that 'I' am is God.
'I' am is being the Oneness.

That is all that needs to be realize.
To be awake is to be aware of being. Present awareness. Wakefulness is 'I' am-ness.
Self-awareness is only present when awareness is itself present as wakeful-ness.

If you are un-conscious you are not aware of being yourself.
Un-conscious there is no 'I' am.

Therefore consciousness is indeed present as self-awareness when ever you are conscious or awake.
Self-awareness or awareness of being is only when you are awake or conscious.
To simply be conscious is this consciousness some call the Self. Voila!
What can be more simple and easier than that?

Where can you find this consciousness?
Be still and know that 'I' am is consciousness. 'I' am is that.

It is pure awareness of being. It is that 'I' am you know so well.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Everybody knows 'I' am.
'I' and the Lord are One, no difference. 'I' is present is present awareness or self-awareness. Existence is being.
You are the One without two already. Being aware of being yourself natually is being the Self i.e. consciousness.

What are you looking for?
You are already that this very moment without effort. Look at yourself.
Look at your own being. You know that you are alive and present right here and now. Voila!

Present awareness is self-awareness. You are the knowing that you are alive and present this very moment.
The natural activity of being aware of being oneself here and now is at once 'I' am and the Reality.
The Self is consciousness. 'I' am is being conscious and aware of being.

The Self (consciousness) is God. 'I' am is God.
~ Ramana Maharshi ~

In other words.
If you know that you are not un-conscious but awake, aware and conscious. Seing, hearing, thinking etc. That is IT!
Being aware and remaining aware all day long is the natural state of wakeful-ness i.e. consciousness itself.

Being awake or conscious is the presence of awareness or being cognizant, lively and buoyant.
If you are not dead or asleep then you are undeniably aware of being.
To be alive and conscious is pure awareness of being.

Isn't it the ultimate Truth so simple and so easy? Child-like simplicity really.
What effort does anyone makes to be conscious daily or to be awake from sleep? Look at yourself.
To be or not to be? Are you un-conscious or asleep or are you undeniably aware of being conscious?

What you need is to be aware of being aware.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj ~

Who doesn't experience awareness directly everyday as pure awareness of being or 'I' am?
Who doesn't experience awareness directly everyday as the naturall activity of being sentient, being cognizant?
Seeing is being aware. Hearing is being aware. Thinking is being aware. Knowing is being aware or awake.

Being conscious is to simply be awake and effortlessly aware of all natural activities all day long.
That is what being aware is. Knowing that you are present and being cognizant.</