' Beyond the Observer '...

Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life
flows.

It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life,
and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem.

By flowing with life, I mean acceptance - letting come
what comes and go what goes.

Desire not, fear not,
observe the actual, as and when it happens, for you are
not what happens, you are to whom it happens.

Ultimately
even the observer you are not.


- Nisargadatta Maharaj

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