Nisargadatta Guided Meditation ~ Be The Detached Witness

This is a short 10 minute guided meditation based on selected teachings and pointers of Nisargadatta Maharaj. It provides an opportunity for you to center and ground yourself in the Awareness and to let go of any persisting anxieties, worries, and conceptual thinking.

Transcript

When you sit quietly and watch yourself,

All kinds of things may come to the surface.

Do nothing about them.

Don't react to them.

As they have come,

So they will go by themselves.

All that matters is mindfulness.

Total awareness of oneself,

Or rather,

Of one's mind.

The mind must be open and quiet to see.

What we are trying to do here is to bring our mind into the right state for understanding what is real.

Keep quietly alert,

Inquiring into the real nature of yourself.

Do not try to be quiet.

Do not make being quiet into a task to be performed.

Relax.

There is nothing to practice.

To know yourself,

Be yourself.

Let your true nature emerge.

There is nothing to do.

Just be.

Do nothing.

Just be.

Keep very quiet.

And watch what comes to the surface of the mind.

Whenever a thought,

Or an emotion of desire or fear,

Comes to your mind,

Just turn away from it.

Now go within,

Into a state in which you are aware of yourself,

But not of the world.

Shifting the emphasis from the superficial,

Changeful person,

To the immutable and ever-present witness.

Letting thoughts flow and watching them.

The very observation slows down the mind until it stops altogether.

Don't get bored with peace.

Be in it.

Go deeper into it.

Look between the thoughts,

Rather than at the thoughts.

You need not stop thinking.

Just cease being interested.

Don't hold on.

That is all.

Leave your mind alone.

That is all.

Come to a state in which there is no knowledge,

Only being,

In which being itself is knowledge.

Forget the known.

But remember that you are the knower.

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Better to detach. I am the knower! It’s the only way!

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Calm voice, supportive balance between words and silence. A meditation to be revisited again and again. 🙏

Wow, it’s the first time my mind is able to settle, and I am able to observe and just be in only 10 minutes. I will return to this practice regularly. Love the simplicity and guidance allowing space and silence to go deeper. Feeling so peaceful. 🙏🏻😌

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I listen every night before sleep. Good to listen to this instruction prior to Meditating🙏
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I hear your voice and I am there. No more words are needed. Thank you for teaching from soul to soul.

(Bookmarked this). Why does the easiest thing in the world seem so difficult? On the mind's clear sky intrusive thoughts like clouds forming disolving, or leaves floating down the stream, or waves rising and falling, new thoughts replacing each one as it disappears. Or words across the bottom of the TV screen with a peaceful scene on the screen. Why don't I want the peace of the present moment more than the chaos of all the "important tasks" pulling at me to come take care of them. Thinking..
Come back. Be Here Now.
Pick up past. Put it down.
Come back. Be Here Now.
Pick up future. Put it down.
Come back. Be. Here. Now.
I need Do nothing.
Relax. Let it all go. Just Be. 🧘‍♀️

This was needed for me this morning. Thank you

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