Keep Quiet and Look Within

Nisargadatta Maharaj

All dependence on another is futile, for what others can give others can be taken away. Only what is your own at the start will remain your own in the end. Accept no guidance but from within, and even then sift out all memories for they will mislead you. Even if you are quite ignorant of the ways and the means, keep quiet and look within; guidance is sure to come. You are never left without knowing what your next step should be. The trouble is that you may shirk it. The guru is there for giving you courage because of his experience and success. But only what you discover through your own awareness, your own effort, will be of permanent use to you.

Most of all, beware the teacher that separates you from your own divine nature, and then offers to bridge the gap.