The blunt remarks of Nisargadatta are designed to provoke thought. I recommend all of the books that are pictured. The classic work I AM THAT is a must read for the serious student of the Truth. It lays out the framework for rest of his works. The wisdom, and depth of his style strikes straight to the soul. Here is a sampling of the type of wisdom that is present in any of his books.
Spiritual maturity is being ready to let go everything. Giving up is a first step, but real giving-up is the insight that there's nothing to be given up, since nothing is your property.
When you know thoughts and their wonderful powers, and liberate them from what has poisoned them - the idea of an own, separate person - you just let them alone, such that they can perform their appropriate work. Letting the thoughts do their own work at their own place is freedom.
When you don't require anything from the world and nothing from God, when you don't desire anything, when you don't strive for anything, don't expect anything, the divine will enter you, unasked and unexpected.
The wish for truth is the best of all wishes, but it's still a wish. All wishes must be given up, that the truth can enter your life.
When you encounter sorrow and suffering, remain with it and don't try to escape from it. Don't throw yourself into blind activity. Neither learning nor acting can really help. Be with the presence of sorrow and uncover their roots - help with insight is real help.
Understanding confusion means becoming free of it.
The world and the thinking are states of being. The divine is not a state, it penetrates all states, but is no state of anything else.
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