The person is a very small thing

Actually it is a composite, it cannot be said to exist 
by itself. Unperceived, it is just not there. 
It is but the shadow of the mind, the sum total 
of memories. Pure being is reflected in the 
mirror of the mind, as knowing. What is known 
takes the shape of a person, based on memory 
and habit. It is but a shadow, or a projection 
of the knower onto the screen of the mind.



- Nisargadatta Maharaja, I Am That
Along the Way, December 27 2007