Nisargadatta ~ The Threshold of Liberation ~ Advaita
May 2, 2023
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Explore the balance between desires and contentment for true happiness. Reflect on self-awareness and liberation through inner and outer realities. Let go, surrender to the present moment, and release attachments. Discover liberation through dispassion and detachment. Embrace the idea that liberation can be attained without effort.
Contentment leads to true happiness by avoiding desires, Freedom from desires leads to bliss and contrasts with the misery of fulfillment seeking.
Deep dives
Contentment Over Desire
The podcast emphasizes that contentment leads to true happiness as desires, when fulfilled, only lead to more desires. The speaker highlights that a state of keeping away from desires and finding contentment in what naturally occurs is highly beneficial. It is mentioned that freedom from desires brings about bliss, contrasting it with the misery that arises from continually seeking fulfillment in desires.
Awareness and Liberation
The podcast explores the concept that awareness precedes everything, and memories and habits attract attention to form a sense of self. The importance of being effortless and giving up addictions is stressed for achieving freedom. The speaker encourages focusing on the present moment and not being anxious about the future, as unexpected events are inevitable. Attaining a state of complete dispassion and detachment is portrayed as a high level towards liberation.
These selections of quotes/teachings from Nisargadatta have been formatted for Guided Meditation purposes and were extracted from the text, 'I am That'.
Nisargadatta Maharaj (17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981), born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was an Indian guru of nondualism, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya and Lingayat Shaivism.
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