' It is a shadow '...

The person is a very small thing.

Actually it is a
composite, it cannot be said to exist by itself.

Unperceived, it is just not there.

It is but the
shadow of the mind, the sum total of memories.

Pure being is reflected in the mirror of the mind,
as knowing.

What is known takes the shape of a
person, based on memory and habit.

It is but a
shadow, or a projection of the knower onto the
screen of the mind.


- Nisargadatta Maharaj

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