Consciousness and the Absolute

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Nisaragadatta January 31, 1981

 

M: I deal with only two things:. What is your identity, and what is

your conviction about what you are?.

There question cannot be discussed with everyone. I can speak of

them only with those of you who are in earnest.

There are those who have a lot of wisdom but have not solved the

riddle of I Amness".

Q Scientists have discovered, in the last ten year, that if they

don't observe the reaction of the atomic particles, the reactions

remain as they are. If they do observe those reaction, there is a

change . The very act of observing causes a change in that which is

observed.

M: The observer is also changing. What is being observed brings

about a change in the observer, and unless that change is brought

about in the observer, the observer cannot observe the object;

therefore, one can never get to the depth of spirituality.

When you are cognizing something as an individual, where do you

place yourself? Consciousness is that which is cognizing, the

cognition, and that which is being cognized.

You are only scratching the surface. It can't do any good at

all.. What you hear must enter you like an arrow and hit something

deep with you. There must be an internal reaction; without the

reaction what you hear won't do you any good. You should know it

when the arrow reaches its mark.