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 Thursday 12 February 2026

THE WITNESSING SELF

Swami Sivananda

The witnessing Self or sakshi is always the subject, and never an object. To experience all changes from birth and childhood to old age and death, an unchanging witness is necessary. Consciousness of succession implies a non-successional principle. A continuous and identical principle is presupposed by the fact that we remember past experiences. The consciousness of personal identity and continuity that we all have implies the existence of an identical and unchangeable Self or Atman. There is a changeless unity underlying a changing plurality. That is Brahman or Atman or the supreme Self. Contd…


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Work is worship. Work elevates, when done in the right spirit, without agency or egoism as Nimitta or instruments in the hands of God if you are a Bhakta, or a Sakshi (silent witness) of Prakriti′s activities if you adopt the path of Jnana.

- Swami Sivananda
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