' I am '...

Sensations as such, however strong, do not
cause suffering.

It is the mind, bewildered by
wrong ideas, addicted to thinking:

'I am this'.

'I am that',

that fears loss and craves gain

and suffers when frustrated.



- Nisargadatta Maharaj

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