Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00099)

Nisargadatta - The way back to your self
 Question:

 Still, you are different. Your mind seems to be always quiet and 
 happy.  And miracles happen around you.

Answer: 
  I know nothing about miracles, and I wonder whether nature admits 
  exceptions to her laws, unless we agree that everything is a 
  miracle.  As to my mind, there is no such thing. There is a 
  consciousness in which everything happens.  It is quite obvious and 
  enough.  Look well, and see what I see. 

Q: What do you see?
 
A:
 I see what you too could see, here and now, but for the wrong 
 focus of your attention.  You give no attention to your self.  Your 
 mind is all with things, people, and ideas, never with your self. 
 Bring your self into focus, become aware of your own existence.  See 
 how you function, watch the motives and the results of your actions.  
 Study the prison you have built around yourself, by inadvertence.  By 
 knowing what you are not, you come to know yourself.  The way back to 
 your self is through refusal and rejection.  One thing is certain: 
 The real is not imaginary, it is not a product of the mind.  Even the 
 sense of `I am´ is not continuous, though it is a useful pointer; it 
 shows where to seek, but not what to seek. Just have a good look at 
 it.  Once you have convinced that you cannot say truthfully about 
your self anything except `I am´, and that nothing that can be 
pointed at can be your self, the need for the `I am´ is over - you 
are no longer intent on verbalizing what you are.  All you need is to 
get rid of the tendency to define your self.  All definition applies 
to your body only and to its expressions.   
Once this obsession with the body goes, you will revert to your 
natural state, spontaneously and effortlessly.  The only difference 
between us is that I am aware of my natural state, while you are 
bemused.  Just like gold made into ornamentals has no advantage over 
gold duct, except when the mind makes it so, so are we one in being  
we differ only in appearance.  We discover it by being earnest, by 
searching, enquiry, questioning daily and hourly, by giving one's 
life to this discover.

- Nisargadatta Maharaj
"I am That"
Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj 

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Ramana Maharshi - Talks,155
5th February, 1936
 
The same man again asked about the nature 
of samadhi and the means to get samadhi.

M.: When the one who asks the nature of samadhi and the method of getting i=
nto it
vanishes, samadhi will result.

Maj.Chadwick: It is said that one look of
a Mahatma is enough; that idols, pilgrimages, etc, are not so effective. 
I have been here for three months, but I 
do not know how I have been benefited by
the look of Maharshi.

M.: The look has a purifying effect. Purification cannot be visualized. Jus=
t 
as a piece of coal takes long to be 
ignited, a piece of charcoal takes a short
time, and a mass of gunpowder is instantaneously ignited, so it is with 
grades of men coming in contact with Mahatmas.

Mr. Cohen: I get into meditation and 
reach a point which may be called peace 
and a contemplative mood. What should be
the next step?

M.: Peace is Self-Realization. Peace 
need not be disturbed. One should aim at Peace only.

D.: But I do not have the satisfaction.

M.: Because your peace is temporary. 
If made permanent it is called 
Realization.

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"When I see I am nothing,
that is wisdom.

When I see I am everything,
that is love.

Between these two
my life moves."

Nisargadatta.. That is love


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