No Individual – 24th February 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen

I understood it

At least, I thought that I did

Just an illusion

This haiku was inspired by this quote:

Even the feeling of having understood is likely to lead one into a sense of illusion because the individual thinks he has found something to impart to others, but there is no individual.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I’m still contemplating the complexities of the idea that there is no individual, because, despite feeling that there is, deeper down I seem to understand that there isn’t.

6 thoughts on “No Individual – 24th February 2025”

    1. I like the way the quote takes you in one direction – ‘having something to impart to others’ but then drills deep down to the core of there being ‘no individual’ – and in so few words too.

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