I Am That
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj - a transcript of his Advaita talks and also one of the most influential books for 2023 or any other year in my life.
Well, it is a hard read, but in short - it offers a curious interpretation of your personal experience of the world, suggesting that you are the only being, reality is manufactured by you (or in other words, you and reality are the same thing), that mind is something external to you, that you were not born but rather you were and the idea of you being born was a construct that you conjured later.
I am That by Nisargdatta Maharaj. Shifted my perception of who/what I am.
Shifted my sense of self in ways I cannot describe. It is logical but not intellectual and transformative in a strange way.
You may disagree with what they are saying, but these books will give you a new perspective.
It is an indescribable direct experience cutting through BS, “spirituality”, and illusion. I cannot recommend it enough.
Simple, instructional, profound in its ability to change me beyond words. And fierce beyond imagination.
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