Desire and Fear...

I see the same world as you do, but not the same
way.

There is nothing mysterious about it.

Everybody sees the world through the idea he has
of himself.

As you think yourself to be, so you think
the world to be.

If you imagine yourself as separate
from the world,

the world will appear as separate
from you and you will experience desire and fear.

I do not see the world as separate from me and so
there is nothing for me to desire, or fear.



- Nisargadatta Maharaj

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