no floor

[Guest guest]

There is no floor! Where can I sit?

 

The older German woman, whose name is Ilse, then started to tell us that she

visited the Master (RM) in the mid 1940s and had been coming to the Ashramam

since then. Being of Jewish descent, she had fled Nazi Germany and was

teaching in India. After hearing of Bhagavan she traveled by train to

Tiruvannamalai and then took a bullock cart to the Ashramam. She said, "I

was wearing a frock, and was dirty from the long journey. I felt that I

should wash and change into more appropriate attire before going to see the

sage. I was standing at the door of the Old Hall (that is the southern door

that is now closed and leads into the Samadhi Hall) when someone urged me to

go to him right away. I walked in and stood in front of the sofa, when He

made the gentlest of gestures, inviting me to sit down. That is when

everything disappeared. There was no sofa, no hall, no Maharshi, no me. The

thought came 'There is no floor. Where can I sit?' I don't know how long I

stood there, but eventually I did sit down."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

"...Suddenly the ground beneath you is gone,

and you are alone. You are alone because

you have realized that there is no other;

there is only THAT, and YOU ARE THAT."

 

~from "The Impact of Awakening"

by Adyashanti~

[Guest guest]

The thought came 'There is no floor. Where can I sit?' I don't know

how long I stood there, but eventually I did sit down."

 

 

 

)))) First there is a floor

then there is no floor

then there is