Bliss

Undisturbed state of being is bliss.
Disturbed state is what appears as the world.
In non duality there is bliss.
In duality experience.
What comes and goes is experience with its duality of pain and pleasure.
Bliss is not to be known.
One is always bliss but never be blissful.
Bliss is not an attribute.

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One without the sense of duality has no occupation.
No intension or desire and
No sense of doership.
~Nisargdatta maharaj

Self is not an object of experience

THE SELF IS NOT AN OBJECT OF EXPERIENCE

Q: There is nothing to be seen in the ReaL?

M: Because you are accustomed to identifying yourself with the body, and sight with the eyes, you say you do not see anything.

What is there to be seen?
Who is there to see?
How do you see?

There is only one Consciousness, which manifests as the ‘I’-thought, identifies itself with the body, projects itself through the eyes and sees the objects around.

The individual is limited in the waking state and expects to see something different. The evidence of his senses will be the seal of authority, But he will not admit that the seer, the seen and the sight are all manifestations of the same Consciousness.

Meditation helps to remove the illusion that the Self must
be visual. How do you see the ‘I’now? Do you hold a mirror in front of yourself to know your own being? The awareness is the ‘I’. Realize that: it is the Truth.

- CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Vasnas

CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI

Q: You talk a lot about vasanas. Could you please tell me exactly what they are and how they function? 

AS: Vasanas are habits of the mind. They are the mistaken 
identifications and the repeated thought patterns that occur again and again. It is the vasanas which cover up the experience of the Self. Vasanas arise, catch your attention, and pull you outwards towards the world rather than inwards towards the Self. This happens so often and so continuously that the mind never gets a chance to rest or to understand its real nature. 

Cocks like to claw the ground. It is a perpetual habit with 
them. Even if they are standing on bare rock they still try to scratch the ground. 

Vasanas function in much the same way. They are habits and 
patterns of thought that appear again and again even if they are not wanted. Most of our ideas and thoughts are incorrect. When they rise habitually as vasanas they brainwash us into thinking that they are true. The fundamental vasanas such as 'I am the body' or 'I am the mind' have appeared in us so many times that we automatically accept that they are true. Even our desire to transcend our vasanas is a vasana. When we think 'I must meditate' or 'I must make an effort' we are just organizing a fight between two different vasanas. You can only escape the habits of the mind by abiding in consciousness as consciousness. Be who you are. Be as you are. Just be still. Ignore all the vasanas that rise in the mind and instead fix your attention in the Self.

- LWB