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masters today we are going to enjoy a
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meditation guided by Shri Nisar Gadata
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Maharaj find a comfortable position
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either sitting upright with a straight
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allow your body to begin to
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relax gently close your
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eyes take a few slow deep
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calm and breathing out any
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letting go with each exhale
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today we delve into the profound wisdom
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Maharaj a master of advita or
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nonduality his core teaching points
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directly to the fundamental sense of
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existence the feeling of I am before any
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labels or concepts are added
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we will use his direct words to guide us
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presence nisarodatada often urged
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seekers to simply be aware of their
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he said the I am came
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available refuse all thoughts except I
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there bring your attention inward
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can you locate that simple fundamental
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existence not I am this or I am
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here rest your attention gently on this
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arise concepts memories plans
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see them acknowledge them but gently
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return your focus to the raw sensation
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advised refuse all thoughts except I
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am don't fight them just don't follow
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them let your anchor be this feeling of
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nisarodatada stated "A quiet mind is all
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you need all else will happen rightly
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once your mind is quiet
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don't strive for a quiet
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mind simply notice the I
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am by resting in this primary sense of
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being the mind naturally finds its
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stillness let the I am be the
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focus let the quietness be a
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trust that resting here is enough
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he also pointed to the nature of
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investigation to know what you are you
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investigate and know what you are
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body sensations come and go within
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awareness are you the
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thoughts thoughts appear and
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feelings emotions eb and flow
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notice that the I am the sense of being
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aware is the constant witness to all
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phenomena you are not the objects
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perceived but the perceiving
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presence rest as that presence
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nisaradas offered this beautiful
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paradox wisdom is knowing I am
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nothing love is knowing I am everything
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and between these two my life flows
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as the limited person the ego built of
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concepts you are nothing permanent or
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substantial feel the freedom in
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identification yet as this fundamental
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awareness this I am you are the source
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from which everything
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arises connected to all
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expansion the unity rest in this space
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everything which is simply pure being
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he reminds us where to place our
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attention instead of searching for what
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you do not have find out what it is that
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lost since the moment you became
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aware that sense of I am has been
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it might have been overlaid with
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identities obscured by
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thoughts but the fundamental knowing of
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existence has never truly
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left recognize this unchanging presence
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now it is always here
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Nisarata gives the essential
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practice stay with the I am the I am is
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the bridge between the body and the
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beyond let this be your refuge your
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practice whenever the mind wanders
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whenever you feel lost in thought or
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emotion gently without
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judgment return to the feeling I
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here be this presence it is the doorway
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now gently begin to bring your awareness
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back to the sensation of your body
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notice the points of contact with the
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you become aware of the space around
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you take a slightly deeper breath wiggle
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your fingers and toes if you wish when
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you feel ready slowly and gently open
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eyes carry this sense of I am awareness
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with you as you move back into your day
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remember the simplicity of returning to
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presence thank you for joining this
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meditation guided by the wisdom of Nisar
