Surrendering ego...

Unready means afraid.

You are afraid of what you are.

Your destination is the whole.

But you are afraid you will lose your identity.

This is childishness, clinging to the toys,

to your desires and fears, opinions and ideas.

Give it all up and be ready for the real to assert itself.

Do not worry about others.

Deal with your own mind first.

Learn to look without imagination,

to listen without distortion.


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The above Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj quotes are from the book
The Seven Steps to Awakening.