Stop Seeking, Start Living!

Paramahamsa Nithyananda

-Staff

By Staff

Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 16:21

Time and again great Masters have told us that the Truth is within us. But we are always seeking the Truth outside. We take pride in calling ourselves seekers. It is something like this: There is a book in front of you and you try to pick it up. You try to pick it up but don't pick it up; you keep trying, that's all! Can there be something called 'trying to pick up a book?' You either pick it up or not! How can you try to pick up a book? It sounds ridiculous!

Our seeking is exactly like this. It is like a buffer between the Truth and us and we continue seeking! We develop a 'seeker ego' that keeps us comfortably cushioned from the reality of life.

Seekers are like window shoppers. They go from one Master to another, from one philosophy to another, gather intellectual knowledge and start playing with words instead of trying to experience anything. Playing with words is a dangerous game. Deep down you will be confused, but you will talk great philosophies outside.

When you understand that you don't have to seek and that you only have to live and experience the Truth that is inside, the Truth will start revealing itself to you in every passing moment.

This is what I mean when I say 'start living'! This is what we are actually seeking, but we are caught up in the act of seeking instead of in the act of living. So now I tell you: Stop seeking and start living; you will then find what you are seeking!

Be Blissful!