THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
He who sees a pot can know clearly that it is a pot all by himself, is it not? Such being the case, how is it that one identifies oneself with the body, just because attachment makes one feel that it is one's own? This attachment is called the Ajnana, or the “My-ness”. The Atman is formless and free from all mutations. It has no desires, impulses or intentions. It is free from the attachment. Hence, the afflictions of the world (Thaapathraya) do not affect it. It always realizes that it is not the doer, and remains as a witness, just as the lotus thrives on the water, unaffected and unattached.
-BABA