Just be

 

“There is nothing to do. Just be.

Do nothing. Be.

No climbing mountains and sitting in caves.

I do not even say “be yourself”

Since you do not know yourself.

Just be.”

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

I often had this thought… when i don’t know who i am, then i how can i know anyone else. I came across these wonderful lines by Nisargadatta Maharaj, who i have been reading on and off. They really struck a chord in me. I don’t know me, then how can i possibly be myself. What is being myself. We often say “I always do this and that” and “ I never do this and that”.

How come we get stuck in such banal inconsistencies and let these define who we are at the core?  Our existence is such a mystery, not only to others but even to ourselves and we spend lifetime after lifetime looking for our self. How many lives have i already been doing this? How many more till i know what i am supposed to know?  I don’t know. Suddenly, this strange questioning makes it even clearer for me. I know what Nisargadatta Maharaj means when he says “Just be”.  He is asking each one of us, to live the moment. To be in the now and stop questioning. The answers we may be looking for will keep going further away when we run after it. But, if we can just be, it will reveal itself. It will reveal to me, my self. I have to just be.

If i want happiness, I don’t have to look for it, i just have to be happiness.

If i want love, i don’t have to look for love, i have to be love.

If i want peace, i don’t have to look for peace,  i have to be peace.

Whatever i want in life, i have to stop looking for it, and just be it.  Just be.

 

Its that simple.