Give up the 'Self'

Why is there misery in our life? Because we are selfish. We desire things for ourselves.

What is the way out? The giving up of the “self”; The “self” does not exist; There is no cycle of birth or death; There is this stream of thought - one thought following another in succession; each thought coming into existence and becoming non-existent at the same moment. That is all.

There is no thinker or the thought. The body is changing all the time; so is mind-consciousness. The “self” is therefore a delusion.

All selfishness comes out of holding on to the self- to this illusory self. If we know the Truth that there is no “self”, then we will be happy and make others also happy.

The Sculptor who came to chisel divine statues, is slowly casting away His instruments, and pushing stone forms to the front - - all because you do not understand how to utilize His Divinity.