Nisaragadatta November 9, 1980

[Guest guest]

Q: Should the type of dispassion which Maharaj is teaching us be

taught to children?

M: No. If that's done, they'll have no ambition to grow further; they

must have certain ambitions, certain desires, for their proper growth.

The one who has fully investigated himself, the one who has come

to understand, will never try to interfere in the play of

consciousness. There is no creator with a vast intellect as such;

all this play is going on spontaneously. There's no intellect behind

it, so don't try to impose yours to bring about any change; leave it

alone. Your intellect is the subsequent product of this process, so

how can your intellect take charge of or even evaluate, the whole

creation? Investigate your self; this is the purpose of your being.

Spirituality is nothing more that understanding this play of

consciousness--try to find our what this fraud is by seeking its

source.