The individual

does not finally merge with his original nature any more than a wave merges with water. They were not different to begin with. A wave is nothing more than the shifting shape of the water itself. It is not
a question of joining separate things but of the abandonment of something inessential and superficial, the false identity of a separate individual entity.



- Ramesh S. Balsekar, 

"A Net of Jewels"


Advaita Press, 1996
Along the Way, Dec 31st 2007