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11//1980 Nisaragadatta

 

You can watch the body, so you are not the body. You can watch the

breath, so you are not the vital breath. In the same way, you are

not the consciousness: but you have to become one with the

consciousness. As you stabilize in the consciousness, dispassion for

the body and for the expressions through the body occurs

spontaneously. It is a natural renunciation, not a deliberate one.

 

Nov,18, 1980

 

Snip: Those who come here with the idea of getting knowledge, even

spiritual knowledge, come here as individuals aspiring to get

something; that is the real difficulty. The seeker must disappear.

 

 

When you know your real nature the knowledge "I AM" remains, but that

knowledge is unlimited. It is not possible for you to acquire

knowledge, you are knowledge " I AM" remains, but that knowledge is

unlimited. It is not possible for you to acquire knowledge, you are

knowledge. You are what you are seeking.

 

Your true being exists prior to the arising of any concept. Can

you , as an object, understand something that existed prior to the

arising of a concept? In the absence of consciousness is there any

proof of the existence of anything? Consciousness itself is mind, is

thought is all phenomena, all manifestation. Apprehending this is

being dead to " I am the body" while alive. This kind of knowledge

comes only in a rare cases, and is a very elusive kind of knowledge

where no effort is necessary; in fact, effort itself is a hindrance.

It is intuitive understanding.

 

Q: Then would all spiritual discipline be dropped?

A: At the highest level this is so; at the earlier levels you have to

do your homework.

 

Those who are able intuitively to grasp this lose their interest in

worldly affairs. Having lost it, what will they get? Whatever they

have lost, they will have lost as an ordinary person. but what they

get in return will be fit a king. These who have comprehended and

who have reached a certain stage will not ask for anything, but

everything will come to them spontaneously. There will be no wish

for it; nevertheless, it will be there.

This does not happen for an individual--it happens for the universal

manifestation, or for the one who has become one with his true

nature. For the jnani only witnessing is taking place.

 

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Love,

Alton