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Quotes about Work by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  • If you believe in God, work with Him. If you do not, become one.
  • To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net [the matrix]. It is not hard to do so, as the net is full of holes. Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love and happiness, and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and you overeat. You want friendship and you exploit. See your net as made of such contradictions and remove them - your very seeing them will make them go away.
  • When you desire the common good, the whole world desires with you. Make humanity's desire your own and work for it. There you cannot fail.
  • In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.
  • A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet. As the sun on rising makes the world active, so does self-awareness affect changes in the mind. In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.
  • What is the worth of a happiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless.
  • By all means attend to your duties. Action, in which you are not emotionally involved and which is beneficial and does not cause suffering will not bind you. You may be engaged in several directions and work with enormous zest, yet remain inwardly free and quiet, with a mirror like mind, which reflects all, without being affected.