find yourself

What is the root of pain? 

Ignorance of yourself. 

What is the root of desire? 

The urge to find yourself. 

All creation toils for its self and will not rest until it returns to it. You are really in search of yourself, without knowing it. 

You are love, longing for the love-worthy, the perfectly lovable. Due to ignorance you are looking for it in the world of opposites and contradictions. 

When you find it within, your search will be over.

- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj