God In Jeans

Nisargadatta Quote 26

2009-05-26T14:22:00.000+05:30

"The entire purpose of a clean and well-ordered life is to liberate man from the thaldrom of chaos and the burden of sorrow."

Nisargadatta Quote 25

2009-05-26T14:20:00.000+05:30

"Devotion to your goal makes you live a clean and orderly life, given to the search for truth and to helping people, and realization makes noble virtue easy and spontaneous, by removing for good the obstacles in the shape of desires and fears and wrong ideas."

Nisargadatta Quote 24

2009-05-26T14:19:00.001+05:30

"Realization is but the opposite of ignorance. To take the world as real and one's self as unreal is ignorance, the cause of sorrow. To know the self as the only reality and all else as temporal and transient is freedom, peace and joy. It is all very simple instead of seeing things as imagined, learn to see them as they are. When you can see everything as it is, you will also see yourself as you are. It is like cleansing a mirror. The same mirror that shows you the world as it is, will also show you your own face. The thought 'I am' is the polishing cloth. Use it."

Nisargadatta Quote 23

2009-05-26T14:15:00.000+05:30

"Since it is awareness that makes consciousness possible, there is awareness in every state of consciousness. Therefore, the very consciousness of being conscious is already a movement in awareness. Interest in your stream of consciousness takes you to awareness. It is not a new state. It is at once recognized as the original, basic existence, which is life itself, and also love and joy."

Nisargadatta Quote 22

2009-05-26T14:05:00.000+05:30

Questioner: "What about witnessing the witness?"
Nisargadatta: "Putting words together will not take you far. Go within and discover what you are not. Nothing else matters."

Nisargadatta Quote 21

2009-02-05T18:25:00.001+05:30

Questioner: "Well, you told me that I am the Supreme Reality. I believe you. What next is there for me to do?"

Nisargadatta: "I told you already. Discover all that you are not. Body, feelings, thoughts, ideas, time, space, being and not-being, this or that -- nothing concrete or abstract you can point out to is you. A mere verbal statement will not do -- you may repeat a formula endlessly without any result whatsoever. You must watch yourself continuously -- particularly your mind -- moment by moment, missing nothing. This witnessing is essential for the separation of the self from the not-self."

Nisargadatta Quote 20

2009-02-05T18:24:00.000+05:30

"Purify yourself by a well-ordered and useful life. Watch over your thoughts, feelings, words
and actions. This will clear your vision."

Nisargadatta Quote 19

2009-02-05T14:26:00.003+05:30

"Use your mind. Remember. Observe. You are not different from others. Most of their experiences are valid for you too. Think clearly and deeply, go into the structure of your desires and their ramifications. They are a most important part of your mental and emotional make-up and powerfully affect your actions. Remember, you cannot abandon what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself."

Nisargadatta Quote 18

2009-02-05T14:25:00.000+05:30

"All these sufferings are man-made and it is within man's power to put an end to them. God helps by facing man with the results of his actions and demanding that the balance should be restored. Karma is the law that works for righteousness; it is the healing hand of God."

Nisargadatta Quote 17

2009-02-05T13:56:00.002+05:30

"You can have for the asking all the peace you want"
Questioner: "I am asking."
Nisargadatta: "You must ask with an undivided heart and live an integrated life."
Questioner: "How?"
Nisargadatta: "Detach yourself from all that makes your mind restless. Renounce all that disturbs its peace. If you want peace, deserve it."
Questioner: "Surely everybody deserves peace"
Nisargadatta: "Those only deserve it, who don't disturb it."
Questioner: "In what way do I disturb peace?"
Nisargadatta: "By being a slave to your desires and fears."
Questioner: "Even when they are justified?"
Nisargadatta: "Emotional reactions, born of ignorance or inadvertance, are never justified. Seek a clear mind and a clean heart. All you need is to keep quietly alert, inquiring into the real nature of yourself. This is the only way to peace."

Nisargadatta Quote 16

2009-02-05T13:54:00.001+05:30

"By elminating the intervals of inadvertance during the waking hours you will gradually eliminate the long interval of absent-mindedness, which you call sleep. You will be aware that you are asleep."

Nisargadatta Quote 15

2009-02-05T13:52:00.000+05:30

"Be alert. Question, observe, investigate, learn all you can about confusion, how it operates, what it does to you and others.By being clear about confusion you become clear of confusion."

Nisargadatta Quote 14

2009-02-05T13:51:00.000+05:30

Questioner: "I can see the mechanism of my confusion, but I do not see my way out of it." Nisargadatta: "The very examination of the mechanism shows the way. After all, your confusion is only in your mind, which never rebelled so far against confusion and never got to grips with it.
It rebelled only against pain."

Nisargadatta Quote 13

2009-02-05T13:42:00.000+05:30

"Every pleasure, physical or mental, needs an instrument. Both the physical and mental instruments are material, they get tired and worn out. The pleasure they yield is necessarily limited in its intensity and duration. Pain is the background of all your pleasures. You want them because you suffer. On the other hand, the very search for pleasure is the cause of pain. It is a vicious circle."

Nisargadatta Quote 12

2009-02-02T15:06:00.001+05:30

"True happiness cannot be found in things that change and pass away. Pleasure and pain alternate inexorably. Happiness comes from the self and can be found in the self only. Find your real self (swarupa) and all else will come with it."

Nisargadatta Quote 11

2009-02-02T14:56:00.001+05:30

"Refuse all thoughts except one: the thought 'I am'. The mind will rebel in the beginning, but with patience and perserverance it will yield and keep quiet."

Nisargadatta Quote 10

2009-02-02T14:55:00.000+05:30

Questioner: "Since I cannot improve sattva, am I to deal with tamas and rajas only? How do I deal with them?" Nisargadatta: "By watching their influence in you and on you. Be aware of them in operation, watch their expression in your thoughts, words and deeds, and gradually their grip on you will lessen and the clear light of sattva will emerge."

Nisargadatta Quote 9

2009-02-02T14:43:00.002+05:30

"It is not so much the matter of levels as of gunas (qualities). Meditation is a sattvic (pure, true) activity and aims at complete elimination of tamas (inertia) and rajas (motivity, activity). Pure sattva (harmony) is perfect freedom from sloth and restlessness."

Nisargadatta Quote 8

2009-02-02T14:41:00.000+05:30

"We know the outer world of sensations and actions, but of our inner world of thoughts and feelings we know very little. The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness. Incidentally, practice of meditation affects deeply our character. We are slaves to what we do not know; of what we know we are masters. Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discover and understand its causes and its workings, we overcome it by the very knowing; the unconscious dissolves when brought into the conscious. The dissolution of the unconscious releases energy; the mind feels adequate and becomes quiet."

Nisargadatta Quote 7

2009-02-02T14:40:00.000+05:30

"Take the first step first. All blessings come from within. Turn within. 'I am' you know. Be with it all the time you can spare, until you revert to it spontaneously. There is no simpler and easier way."

Nisargadatta Quote 6

2009-02-02T14:39:00.000+05:30

"What is supremely important is to be free from contradictions: the goal and the way must not be on different levels; life and light must not quarrel; behaviour must not betray belief. Call it honesty, integrity, wholeness; you must not go back, undo, uproot, abandon the conquered ground. Tenacity of purpose and honesty in pursuit will bring you to your goal."

Nisargadatta Quote 5

2009-02-02T14:38:00.000+05:30

"How do you go about finding anything? By keeping your mind and heart on it. Interest there must be and steady remembrance. To remember what needs to be remembered is the secret of success. You come to it through earnestness"

Nisargadatta Quote 4

2009-02-02T14:15:00.001+05:30

"Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love, happiness and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and overeat,
you want friendship and exploit. See your net as made of such contradictions and remove them --your very seeing will make them go."

Nisargadatta Quote 3

2009-02-02T14:14:00.000+05:30

"We discover it by being earnest, by searching, inquiring, questioning daily and hourly, by giving one's life to this discovery."

Nisargadatta Quote 2

2009-02-02T14:09:00.001+05:30

"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 results of your actions. Study the prison you have built around yourself, by inadvertence."

Nisargadatta Quote 1

2009-02-02T14:06:00.000+05:30

"Go deep into the sense of 'I am' and you will find. How do you find a thing you have mislaid or forgotton? You keep it in your mind until you recall it.The sense of being, of 'I am' is the first to emerge. Ask yourself whence it comes, or just watch it quietly. When the mind stays in the 'I am', without moving, you enter a state that cannot be verbalized but can be experienced. All you need to do is to try and try again."

2009-01-25T15:12:00.001+05:30

What remains over, transcending it all, beyond conception, appropriation, or relinquishment — know That to be the Self. That knowledge is final emancipation.

What notions cause hurdle ?

2009-01-25T14:52:00.002+05:30

As long as you are contaminated with notions of me or mine (e.g., my home, my body, my mind, my intellect), the Self will not be found, for it lies beyond cognition and cannot be realised as ‘my Self ’.

Should I say, I am God ? along with the inquiry "Who am I ?" Should I not say, "I am not the mind, intellect, body, etc.?"

2009-01-12T14:43:00.002+05:30

You should not give anwers to the mind in the course of your inquiry. The reply should be allowed to come from within. The reply of the individual "I" is not real. Continue to inquire until you get the answer by the method of jnana [the path of knowledge]. This inquiry is called meditation. The inactive, peaceful, full-of-knowledge experience that arises from this state is jnana (Wisdom,knowledge).

Who am I? To whom does the question refer ?

2009-01-12T14:24:00.001+05:30

The question refers to the Individual 'I'.

Do you mean the Atman is God ?

2009-01-12T14:11:00.004+05:30

You see the difficulty. The Inquiry 'to know the self' is different in method from the meditation 'Soham', "Lord Shiva I am" or "He I am". I rather lay stress upon self-knowledge, for you are first concerned with yourself before you proceed to know the world and its lord.

I don't know, but they say that to withdraw from all sense-activity, thoughts, all life-experiences, i.e. to cease to be active, is the highest state.

2009-01-11T13:51:00.002+05:30

If so, what is the difference between this state and deep sleep ? Besides, if it is a state, however exalted it be, that appears and disappears and is, therefore, not natural and normal to the self, how can that represent the eternal presence of the supreme self, which persists in all states and indeed survives them ? It is true that there is such a state.

Can a man move about, act and speak as one who has attained the Siddhi, as is now described ?

2009-01-11T13:41:00.001+05:30

Why not ? Do you mean to say that realization of self means to be like a stone or to become nothing ?

What is practice ?

2009-01-11T00:47:00.003+05:30

To stick to a position unassailed by thoughts is practice, you are watchful. But the condition grows intense and deeper and deeper when your effort and all responsibilities are taken away from you; that is Siddhi State.

Then it is possible to be without effort, without strain ?

2009-01-11T00:35:00.001+05:30

Not only that, it is impossible for you to make an effort beyond a certain extent.

Question:I want to be further enlightened. Should I try to make no effort at all ?

Answer: Here it is impossible for you to be without effort. When you go deeper, it is impossible for you to make any effort.

Question: The I can despense with outside help and by my own effort get into the deeper truth by myself ?

Answer: True. But the very fact that you are possessed of the quest of the self is a manifestation of the Divine grace. It is effulgent in the heart, the inner being, the Real Self. It draws you from within. You have to attempt to get in from without. You attempt is Vichara (Inquiry).

Question: Then Vichara (Inquiry) is not intellectual ?

Answer: No, it is inner quest.

Is rejection of thoughts not necessary ?

2009-01-11T00:31:00.003+05:30

No. It may be necessary for a time or for some. You fancy that there is no end if one goes on rejecting every thought when it arises. No. There is no end. If you are vigilant, and make a sustained effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts.

If I go on rejecting thoughts can I call it Vichara (Enquiry) ?

2009-01-11T00:28:00.002+05:30

It may be a stepping stone. But really Vichara (Inquiry) begins when you cling to your self and are already off the mental movement, the thought-waves.

In Self-enquiry to whom is the question 'Who am I' addressed ?

2009-01-08T22:09:00.002+05:30

To whatever you are; to you is given the way for finding out your true identity. The ego-self, when it feels the necessity to know its own origin or impelled to rise above itself, takes the suggestion and goes deeper and there discovers the true source and reality of itself. So the ego-self beginning to know itself ends in perceiving the Self.

What is the way to get rid of other thougths ?

2009-01-08T22:07:00.002+05:30

They can only be removed through the powerful effect of the enquiry, 'To whom have these thoughts come?"

Whe I do like this and cling to my self, i.e., the I-thought, other thoughts do come and go, but I say to myself 'Who am I?' and there is no answer

2009-01-08T21:50:00.006+05:30

Quesiton continued: forthcoming. To be in this condition is the sadhana, Is it so ?

This is a mistake that people often make. What happens when you make a serious quest of the Self is that the I-thought as a thought disappears, something else from the depths takes hold of you and this is not the 'I' which commenced the quest.

Question: What is the something else ?

Answer: That is the real self, the import of I. It is not the ego. It is the supreme being itself.

You say one can realize the self by a search of it. What is the character of this search ?

2009-01-08T21:45:00.003+05:30

You are the mind or think that you are the mind. The mind is nothing but thoughts. Now behind every particular thought there is a general thought which is the "I" thought, that is your self. Let us call this "I" the first thought. Stick to this I-thought and question it to find out what it is. When this question takes strong hold on you, you cannot think of other thoughts.

You are sure of the ‘I am’, it’s the totality of being, remember ‘I am’ and it’s enough to heal your mind and take you beyond.

2008-08-18T07:50:00.000+05:30

You are definitely sure that ‘you are’ only then everything else is! Not before that. Since the ‘I am’ lies at the very base of everything and is common to all, does it not form the totality of being? Throwing aside everything, come back to this sense of ‘presence’ or ‘being’ in all its purity and it would heal your mind. The use of the word ‘heal’ is very important as it clearly suggests that the mind or whatever has been loaded on the ‘I am’ afterwards is a pain an illness that needs to be cured. There is also here a hint towards something that is beyond the ‘I am’.

Only the ‘I am’ is certain, it’s impersonal, all knowledge stems from it, it’s the root, hold on to it and let all else go.

2008-08-18T07:40:00.000+05:30

Right from the day you came know that ‘you are’ to this day you still know that ‘you are’. All add-ons have come and gone are transient but the fundamental ‘I am’ has remained unchanged and is the only certainty. This ‘I am’ is impersonal, it’s common to everybody and wordless, the moment you came know that ‘you are’ you did not know any words or language, which came later. Based on this non-verbal ‘I am’ you could later on say verbally ‘I am’ in whatever language you were taught. From this small minuscule ‘I am’ further knowledge grew leaps and bounds to gigantic proportions. So all knowledge stems from the ‘I am’, it is very fundamental, the base, the origin,the root of everything. You have to hold on to this ‘I am and let everything else go.

Consistently and with perseverance separate the ‘I am’ from ‘this’ or ‘that’, just keep in mind the feeling ‘I am’.

2008-08-18T07:39:00.001+05:30

All this is not as easy as it sounds it is hard work, your consistency and perseverance are keys to you success. Separate the ‘I am’ from ‘I am this’ or’ I am that’ or ‘I am so and so’ all these are add-ons and have been loaded onto you by others and society. All these appendages on the ‘I am’ maybe of some value in your day to day living but if your goal or quest for eternity, then they are
impediments. You will have to separate them from the ‘I am’ and just keep in mind your sense of ‘presence’ or the feeling ‘I am’.

Just stay put firmly and establish yourself in the ‘I am’, reject all that does not go with ‘I am’.

2008-08-18T07:30:00.001+05:30

Having understood the ‘I am’ in every way, the next thing is to stay there, establish yourself in your sense of ‘being’ and not deviate from it at all. The very moment you start thinking about anything else you can be lest assured there have been ‘addons’ on the basic ‘I am’ and it has lost its purity. Reject anything that is ‘I am plus …’and so forth because all the rest are contaminants and do not go with it.

The ‘I am’ came first, it’s ever present, ever available, refuse all thoughts except ‘I am’, stay there.

2008-07-17T09:55:00.000+05:30

Understanding the ‘I am’, your sense of ‘being’ or just ‘presence’ is extremely important as on it rests the entire outcome of the teaching. Firstly, are you at all aware of your ‘being’ or of the fact that ‘you are’? You have ‘to be’ before anything else can be, your sense of ‘presence’ or the feeling ‘I am’ is very fundamental to anything that has to follow. Secondly, this sense of ‘being’ or the feeling ‘I am’,was it not the very first event or happening before any of your living experiences could begin? Apply your mind go back in time to the moment when it dawned on you that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’. This ‘I am’ is still there with you, ever present, ever available,it was and still is the first thought, refuse all other thoughts and come back there and stay there. So try to understand and grasp this ‘beingness’ or ‘I amness’ that is inherent in you. The more precisely and clearly you do it the more rapid would be your progress.

What is illusory ?

2008-01-29T17:11:00.000+05:30

Religious vows are illusory. Worlds are imaginary. The various states are illusory. Holy places are illusory. Fear is illusory. The support and similar things are illusory. The enjoyment is illusory. The multitude of reports is illusory. Propositions are illusory.

Who am I ?

2008-01-29T16:16:00.001+05:30

Only those who, by relentless inquiry, attain The doubtless Realization that they are all, Of the nature of the one…Will be fully rid of the dreadful bondage of birth And will become of the nature of the impeccable…the limitless form of the God of gods in a state of joyous dance that authoritatively proclaims That you are eternal, attributeless Being…

Preoccupations with life ?

2007-12-23T22:18:00.000+05:30

All your preoccupations with yourself are only during waking hours and partly in your dreams; in sleep all is put aside and forgotten. It shows how little important is your waking life, even to yourself, that merely lying down and closing the eyes can end it. Each time you go to sleep, you do so without the least certainty of waking up and yet you accept the risk.

Path to Liberation!

2007-12-23T21:52:00.000+05:30

As self-identification with the body-mind is the poison that causes bondage, seek liberation by seeing that oneself is not any thing personal or perceivable.

What to forget ?

2007-12-23T21:47:00.000+05:30

Without forgetting everything, fixity as the Self is impossible. Therefore altogether forget everything.

Being a witness!

2007-12-23T21:42:00.000+05:30

I find that somehow, by shifting the focus of attention, I become the very thing I look at, and experience the kind of consciousness it has; I become the inner witness of the thing. I call this capacity of entering other focal points of consciousness, love; you may give it any name you like. Love says "I am everything". Wisdom says "I am nothing". Between the two, my life flows. Since at any point of time and space I can be both the subject and the object of experience, I express it by saying that I am both, and neither, and beyond both.

Who am I ?

2007-12-23T21:34:00.002+05:30

I am the light that makes Consciousness possible, pure Awareness, the non-dualSelf, the Supreme Reality, the Absolute, the Beingness of being, the Awareness of consciousness.

Who is the dreamer ?

2007-12-23T21:34:00.001+05:30

Not only the multiplicity of selves is false: even the duality of I/World, Subject/Object, is a transient appearance in my Consciousness.

How can the scriptures say what is false?

2007-12-17T09:52:00.000+05:30

They are guides to the ignorant and do not mean what appears on the surface.

How is that?

Man having forgotten his true nature of being the all perfect Ether of Consciousness, is deluded by Ignorance into identifying himself with a body, etc., and regarding himself as an insignificant individual of mean capacity. If to him it is told that he is the creator of the whole universe, he will flout the idea and refuse to be guided. So coming down to his level the scriptures posit an Isvara as the creator of the universe. But it is not the truth. However the scriptures reveal the truth to the competent seeker. You are now mistaking the nursery tale for metaphysical truth.

What is Superimposition?

2007-12-17T09:51:00.001+05:30

To mistake something which is, for something which is not — like a rope for a snake, a post for a thief, and mirage for water. The appearance of a false thing on a real is superimposition.

What is Projection?

2007-12-17T09:48:00.000+05:30

Though he is the unchanging, formless, Supreme, Blissful, non-dual Self, the man thinks of himself as the body with hands and legs, the doer and experiencer; objectively sees this man and that man, this thing and that thing, and is deluded. This delusion of perceiving the external universe on the non-dual Reality enveloped by it, is Projection.

What is this ignorance?

2007-12-16T11:31:00.000+05:30

In the body appears a phantom, the ‘false-I’, to claim the body for itself and it is called jiva. This jiva always outward bent, taking the world to be real and himself to be the doer and experiencer of pleasures and pains, desirous of this and that, undiscriminating, not once remembering his true nature, nor enquiring “Who am I?, What is this world?”, is but wandering in the samsara without knowing himself. Such forgetfulness of the Self is Ignorance.

What is Projection?

2007-12-12T12:34:00.000+05:30

Though he is the unchanging, formless, Supreme, Blissful, non-dual Self, the man thinks of himself as the body with hands and legs, the doer and experiencer; objectively see this man and that man, this thing and that thing, and is deluded. This delusion of perceiving the external universe on the non-dual Reality enveloped by it is Projection. This is Superimposition.

How can the mind be extinguished?

2007-12-12T12:05:00.000+05:30

To forget everything is the ultimate means. But for thought, the world does not arise. Do not think and it will not arise. When nothing arises in the mind, the mind itself is lost. Therefore do not think of anything, forget all. This is the best way to kill the mind.

What is the highest sacrifice ?

2007-11-12T09:22:00.000+05:30

The total discarding of the mind is alone victory, achievement, yoga, wisdom and liberation. The sacrifice of the mind is, in fact, the totality of all sacrifices.

What is the easiest way to conquer mind !

2007-11-12T09:11:00.000+05:30

If one gives the slightest room for the thought that the mind exists, pure Awareness itself will vibrate as the ruffled mind, which is the parent of all trouble and illusions. Therefore, one should ever abide in the conviction that there is no mind, and that the pure Awareness-Self is the sole Existence. This is the easy way to conquer the mind with all its vagaries.

Who is responsible ?

2007-11-12T08:56:00.000+05:30

One is solely responsible for one's own liberation or bondage, since the choice of destroying the restless mind or allowing it to roam at large rests with that one only.

Therefore one should conquer the restless mind by steady abidance in the pure thought-free Alert-Awareness-Self only. This steady abidance is moksha.

What is self ?

2007-10-18T18:09:00.000+05:30

The self is beyond description, un-realisable (by worldly means) by the mind and the sense organs; Pure Bliss, atomic, subtler then even ether.

What is the self ?

2007-10-03T09:08:00.000+05:30

The Self is the essence of this universe, the essence of all souls . . . You are one with this universe. He who says he is different from others, even by a hair's breadth, immediately becomes miserable. Happiness belongs to him who knows this oneness, who knows he is one with this universe.

What is all ?

2007-10-01T10:55:00.000+05:30

The body, etc., are only concepts. Hearing, etc. (i.e. hearing, reasoning and contemplating) are concepts. Self-enquiry is a concept. All other things are also concepts. Concepts give rise to the world, the jivas and God. There is nothing whatever except concepts. Everything is in truth Self.

Where should I remain ?

2007-10-01T10:53:00.000+05:30

Having gained the experience that there is no creator, no maya, no duality, and no objects at all, and that pure Awareness-Self alone exists, one should ever remain still and peaceful in that state of Selfhood.

What is reality ?

2007-09-23T19:00:00.000+05:30

Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.

What do I have to do ?

2007-09-23T18:57:00.000+05:30

"God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your true and natural state." Just drop all seeking, turn your attention inward, and sacrifice your mind to the One Self radiating in the Heart of your very being. For this to be your own presently lived experience, Self-Inquiry is the one direct and immediate way."

When will you laugh ?

2007-09-23T18:53:00.000+05:30

There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality. We think that there is something hiding reality and that this must be destroyed before reality is gained. How ridiculous! A day will dawn when you will laugh at all your past efforts. That which will be the day you laugh is also here and now.

What do i need to do ?

2007-09-23T18:51:00.000+05:30

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.

What ignorance hides ?

2007-09-20T05:51:00.000+05:30

Ignorance cannot hide the basic ‘I’, but it hides the specific truth that the jiva is the Supreme (Self).

How do I get at it ?

2007-09-15T21:24:00.000+05:30

You need not get at it, for you are it. It will get at you, if you give it a chance. Let go your attachment to the unreal and the real will swiftly and smoothly step into its own. Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realisation that you are the source and heart of all will dawn upon you. With this will come great love which is not choice or predilection, nor attachment, but a power which makes all things love-worthy and lovable.

What am I ?

2007-09-15T21:14:00.000+05:30

I am infinite like space, and the natural world is like a jar. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance, or cessation of it.

Who is rare ?

2007-09-15T21:03:00.000+05:30

Rare is the man who knows himself as the nondual Lord of the world, and he who knows this is not afraid of anything.

What is the result of analysis ?

2007-09-15T20:59:00.000+05:30

When you analyse it, cloth is found to be just thread. In the same way, when all this is analysed it is found to be no other than oneself.

What to be aware of ?

2007-09-15T20:56:00.000+05:30

Meditate on yourself as motionless awareness, free from any dualism, giving up the mistaken idea that you are just a derivative consciousness or anything external or internal.

Who is god ?

2007-09-07T23:46:00.000+05:30

That eternally self-shining Light, illuminating the world, is alone the witness of this world, the Self of all, the pure One.

What questions need to be asked ?

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Consider in your mind: who am I ? How is all this (brought about) ? How do death and birth (happen) ? Thus (considering) will you earn the great benefit (of investigation).
Your mind will shed its (discursive) form and quietly win repose, once, through investigation, you comprehend your real nature.

What questions need to be asked ?

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Who am I ?

2007-09-07T08:53:00.000+05:30

‘I am Self, ever manifest, pure, first, endless; there is no room for the slightest dallying with aught else’ – thus think, having become blemishless; achieve Nirvana (permanent peace) having purified and quietened all movements of the mind.

I am What ?

2007-09-07T08:52:00.000+05:30

I am That which is the indestructible, infinite, Spirit, the Self of everything, integral, replete, abundant and partless.

Are you one or many?

2007-09-07T08:36:00.000+05:30

I am one, but appear as many.

Am I the creature or the creator of the universe ?

2007-09-07T08:32:00.000+05:30

'I am' is an ever-present fact, while 'I am created' is an idea. Neither God nor the universe have come to tell you that they have created you. The mind obsessed by the idea of causality invents creation and then wonders 'who is the creator?' The mind itself is the creator. Even this is not quite true, for the created and its creator are one. The mind and the world are not separate. Do understand that what you think to be the world is your own mind.

What is faith in God ?

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Even faith in God is only a stage on the way. Ultimately you abandon all, for you come to something so simple that there are no words to express it.

What can a teacher tell you ?

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All that a Guru can tell you is: ‘My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself. You are not the person you think yourself to be.’ Trust nobody, not even yourself. Search, find out, remove and reject every assumption till you reach the living waters and the rock of truth. Until you are free of the drug, all your religions and sciences, prayers and Yogas are of no use to you, for based on a mistake, they strengthen it. But if you stay with the idea that you are not the body nor the mind, not even their witness, but altogether beyond, your mind will grow in clarity, your desires -- in purity, your actions -- in charity and that inner distillation will take you to another world, a world of truth and fearless love. Resist your old habits of feeling and thinking; keep on telling yourself: ‘No, not so, it cannot be so; I am not like this, I do not need it, I do not want it’, and a day will surely come when the entire structure of error and despair will collapse and the ground will be free for a new life.

If I am not a person, then what am I?

2007-09-02T17:40:00.001+05:30

Wet cloth looks, feels, smells differently as long as it is wet. When dry it is again the normal cloth. Water has left it and who can make out that it was wet? Your real nature is not like what you appear to be. Give up the idea of being a person, that is all. You need not become what you are anyhow. There is the identity of what you are and there is the person superimposed on it. All you know is the person, the identity -- which is not a person -- you do not know, for you never doubted, never asked yourself the crucial question -- ‘Who am I’. The identity is the witness of the person and sadhana consists in shifting the emphasis from the superficial and changeful person to the immutable and ever-present witness.

Who are You?

2007-08-30T21:21:00.000+05:30

You are the Supreme Reality beyond the world and its creator, beyond consciousness and its witness, beyond all assertions and denials. Remember it, think of it, act on it. Abandon all sense of separation, see yourself in all and act accordingly. With action bliss will come and, with bliss, conviction.

In meditation, who meditates, the person or the witness?

2007-08-29T20:38:00.000+05:30

Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it. The art of meditation is the art of shifting the focus of attention to ever subtler levels, without losing one's grip on the levels left behind. In a way it is like having death under control. One begins with the lowest levels: social circumstances, customs and habits; physical surroundings, the posture and the breathing of the body, the senses, their sensations and perceptions; the mind, its thoughts and feelings; until the entire mechanism of personality is grasped and firmly held. The final stage of meditation is reached when the sense of identity goes beyond the 'I-am-so-and-so', beyond 'so-l-am', beyond 'I-am-the-witness-only', beyond 'there-is', beyond all ideas into the impersonally personal pure being. But you must be energetic when you take to meditation. It is definitely not a part-time occupation. Limit your interests and activities to what is needed for you and your dependents' barest needs. Save all your energies and time for breaking the wall your mind had built around you. Believe me, you will not regret.

Who are you ?

2007-08-27T20:39:00.000+05:30

Wherever there is life and consciousness, you are. Smaller than the smallest, bigger than the biggest, you are, while all else appears.

What is what ?

2007-08-27T20:33:00.001+05:30

Awareness with an object we called witnessing. When there is also self-identification with the object, caused by desire or fear, such a state is called a person. In reality there is only one state; when distorted by self-identification it is called a person, when coloured with the sense of being, it is the witness; when colourless and limitless, it is called the Supreme.

How am I to reach perfection?

2007-08-27T20:28:00.000+05:30

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you. Do not rely on your work for realisation. It may profit others, but not you. Your hope lies in keeping silent in your mind and quiet in your heart. Realised people are very quiet.

What happens to identity after realization ?

2007-08-27T17:56:00.000+05:30

The state of identity is inherent in reality and never fades. But identity is neither the transient personality (vyakti), nor the karma-bound individuality (vyakta). It is what remains when all self-identification is given up as false -- pure consciousness, the sense of being all there is, or could be. Consciousness is pure in the beginning and pure in the end; in between it gets contaminated by imagination which is at the root of creation. At all times consciousness remains the same. To know it as it is, is realisation and timeless peace.

What is the value of spiritual books?

2007-08-26T17:24:00.000+05:30

They help in dispelling ignorance. They are useful in the beginning, but become a hindrance in the end. One must know when to discard them.

Can I see the real as real ?

2007-08-25T20:57:00.000+05:30

There is no such state as seeing the real. Who is to see what? You can only be the real -- which you are, anyhow. The problem is only mental. Abandon false ideas, that is all. There is no need of true ideas. There aren't any.

How long will it take me to get free of the mind?

2007-08-25T14:49:00.000+05:30

It may take a thousand years, but really no time is required. All you need is to be in dead earnest. Here the will is the deed. If you are sincere, you have it. After all, it is a matter of attitude. Nothing stops you from being a jnani here and now, except fear. You are afraid of being impersonal, of impersonal being. It is all quite simple. Turn away from your desires and fears and from the thoughts they create and you are at once in your natural state.

How can a point contain a universe?

2007-08-24T15:53:00.000+05:30

There is enough space in a point for an infinity of universes. There is no lack of capacity. Self-limitation is the only problem. But you cannot run away from yourself. However far you go, you come back to yourself and to the need of understanding this point, which is as nothing and yet the source of everything.

What to remember ?

2007-08-24T07:55:00.000+05:30

Keep on remembering: I am neither the mind nor its ideas: do it patiently and with convictions and you will surely come to the direct vision of yourself as the source of being -- knowing -- loving, eternal, all-embracing all-pervading. You are the infinite focussed in a body.

Who are you ?

2007-08-24T07:52:00.000+05:30

Don't go by formulas. The answer is not in words. The nearest you can say in words is: I am what makes perception possible, the life beyond the experiencer and his experience.
Now, Can you separate yourself both from the mirror and the image in the mirror and stand completely alone, all by yourself?

How am I to proceed to realise my universal being?

2007-08-23T09:00:00.000+05:30

You have two ways: you can give your heart and mind to self-discovery, or you accept my words on trust and act accordingly. In other words, either you become totally self-concerned, or totally un-self-concerned. It is the word 'totally' that is important. You must be extreme to reach the Supreme.