Guest guest Posted July 15, 2001 Report Share Posted July 15, 2001 "I Am That" -- Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Chapter 29 Excerpt Questioner: What may be the reason that some people succeed and others fail in Yoga? Is it destiny or character, or just accident? Maharaj: Nobody ever fails in Yoga. It is all a matter of the rate of progress. It is slow in the beginning and rapid at the end. When one is fully matured, realization is explosive. It takes place spontaneously, or at the slightest hint. The quick is not better than the slow. Slow ripening and rapid flowering alternate. Both are natural and right. Yet, all this is so in the mind only. As I see it, there is really nothing of the kind. In the great mirror of consciousness images arise and disappear and only memory gives them continuity. And memory is material -- destructible, perishable, transient. On such flimsy foundations we build a sense of personal existence -- vague, intermittent, dreamlike. This vague persuasion: "I-am-so-and-so" obscures the changeless state of pure awareness and makes us believe that we are born to suffer and die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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