The Self Knowledge Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj

The Self Knowledge Diagram illustrates the general structure of the non-dual thought system and teachings of Self Knowledge, and employs the Key Terms used by Nisargadatta Maharaj in I AM THAT.

The 190 page (or 138 page) Key Terms document is structured in parallel with the Self Knowledge Diagram, and provides detailed quotation references from I AM THAT for each term used in the Diagram.

INFINITE POTENTIAL TIMELESSNESS SPACELESSNESS

SELF  KNOWLEDGE  THE ABSOLUTE  SUPREME REALITY THE SOURCE THE ONE LIFE BEING      AWARENESS    LOVE

TRUTH ONENESS CHANGELESSNESS

NON-DUALITY ETERNITY LIGHT

CAUSE Mind

The Natural State The Witness The Knower

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The Great Illusion  Dream of Separation Universal Consciousness - Mind Creator - Preserver - Destroyer Purpose: Know the Love of Being

I AM →

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		Mind
↓ P R O J E C T I O N ↓	Personal self Divided mind   Purpose: Maintain Separate Personal Existence   Guide: Desire and Fear       Desire - Personal Existence   Fear - Personal Extinction   SELF Ignorance - SELF Forgetfulness   Conflict   Dreaming - Illusion   Suffering   Duality		Real self Whole Mind - Heart   Purpose: SELF Realization   Guide: Inner Teacher - Wisdom and Love       Shared Being   Real "World"   Desireless - Fearless   SELF Knowledge - SELF Remembrance   Harmony - Happiness - Peace   Awake to Reality   Non-Duality		Y  O  G  A    ↑

                ________Veil of SELF Forgetfulness and SELF Ignorance_______
                                             Time - Space - Form

EFFECT Body and World   ↓ PRISON

Personal World - Dream World Divided World Purpose: Attempt to Fulfill the Desire for Personal Existence and Relieve the Fear of Personal Extinction I Am a Separate Body In a World of Separate Bodies I Am Subject to Birth and Death The World is Real Prison Desire - Fear - Anger - War Suffering - Pain - Pleasure

L I  G  H   T  O F T R U T H

Whole World     Purpose: SELF Realization  Shared Being  I Am the Universal Body  The World is Myself   I Am Birthless and Deathless  The World is a Play - Passing Show  School  Spiritual Practice - Yoga  Association with Truth  Desire Only for the Real  Awakening - Enlightenment

↑  SCHOOL

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