Buddha, Christ or Krishnamurti speak ... - Nisargadatta

[Guest guest]

How can there be two selves in one body? The "I am" is one. There is no

"higher I-am" and "lower I-am". All kinds of states of consciousness are

presented to awareness and there is self-identification with them. The

objects of observation are not what they appear to be, and the attitudes

they are met with are not what they need to be. If you think that Buddha,

Christ or Krishnamurti speak to the person, you are mistaken. They know

well that the vyakti , the outer self, is but a shadow of the vyakta , the

inner self, and they address and admonish the vyakta only. They tell him to

give attention to the outer self, to guide it and help it, to feel

responsible for it; in short, to be fully aware of it. Awareness comes from

the Supreme and pervades the inner self; the so-called outer self is only

that part of one's being of which one is not aware. One may be conscious,

for every being is conscious, but one is not aware. What is included in

awareness becomes the inner and partakes of the inner. (294)

 

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With Love,

Cyber Dervish

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[Guest guest]

, Jan Sultan <swork@a...> wrote:

> How can there be two selves in one body? The "I am" is one. There is

no

> "higher I-am" and "lower I-am". All kinds of states of consciousness

are

> presented to awareness and there is self-identification with them.

The

> objects of observation are not what they appear to be, and the

attitudes

> they are met with are not what they need to be. If you think that

Buddha,

> Christ or Krishnamurti speak to the person, you are mistaken. They

know

> well that the vyakti , the outer self, is but a shadow of the vyakta

, the

> inner self, and they address and admonish the vyakta only. They tell

him to

> give attention to the outer self, to guide it and help it, to feel

> responsible for it; in short, to be fully aware of it. Awareness

comes from

> the Supreme and pervades the inner self; the so-called outer self is

only

> that part of one's being of which one is not aware. One may be

conscious,

> for every being is conscious, but one is not aware. What is included

in

> awareness becomes the inner and partakes of the inner. (294)

 

Namaste Jan,

 

Hence my many posts on awareness and intelligence not being the same

thing, and that the awareness sheath has to be purified..ONS..Tony.