Our sentient state...

There is only one state of being.

There is not
a single moment when one is not conscious
of being.

What we are in our sentient state is
the consciousness of being present.

When
this conscious awareness is aware of sensory
forms, it operates as witnessing.

When it
identifies itself with a witnessing organism as
a separate entity,

it operates as an individual
person who suffers and enjoys.


- Ramesh S. Balsekar

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"A Net of Jewels"
Ramesh S. Balsekar
Advaita Press, 1996