mere appearance...

I do not negate the world. I see it as appearing
in consciousness, which is the totality of the
known in the immensity of the unknown. What
begins and ends is mere appearance.

The world
can be said to appear, but not to "be." The
appearance may last very long on some scale of
time, and be very short on another, but ultimately
it comes to the same.

Whatever is time bound is
momentary and has no reality.

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

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"I Am That"
Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The Acorn Press, 1973