Consciousness and the Absolute.. POW

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Pow means done or finished in Hawaiian. Acknowledgements next.

 

 

 

June 30, 1981

 

 

 

Maharaj: All knowledge is like the son of a barren woman. Presently there are

only beingness and the functioning. The individuality and personality are

thrown overboard. There is no personality, so there is no question of birth,

life, or death.

 

What remains is only the consciousness without name or form. There is no

individuality at all. The form needs a name, but when both are not there, then

the consciousness remains only so long as the body is there, but without any

individuality. The body is of as much use now as it was prior to the birth and

after the death. How do you know me? You know me only on the acquisition of

body form, name and form. Do you really see me as I am? I doubt it.

 

Now the conclusion is that the unborn is enjoying the birth-principle.

That principle that is born took so much time to under stand this, , and it is

the unborn only which prevails. It took so much time for the Self to understand

the Self.

 

We have tied around our necks so many concepts; death, this "I Am", etc.

Similarly, concepts of good and evil are unnecessary. We have developed these

concepts and are caught in them.

 

Hoe does one think about Self knowledge. Do you abide in the Self or in

the process do you think of something else as the Self? You are wrapped up and

lost in your concepts.

 

For instance, you have a concept about friendship. How long do you keep

your friends? You keep them so long as they are useful to you. So long as a

friend is of some benefit to you, that's how long you would like to keep that

friendship. Now, how can I actually derive benefit out of a friend? I, as an

individual, am not there, so how can there be a question of friendship at all.

 

Anybody who comes here can sit. I will allow him to sit from some time,

but later on I will say, "you may leave." Why, because I have no intention or

purpose of having any friendship with that person.

 

Ordinarily, there is some purpose for deriving certain benefits out of an

association with another. When you meet someone in friendship, there may be

some intention to serve one another. But I have no friends. Even this "I

Amness" will not remain as my friend.

 

I am not able to talk any longer-the spirit is willing but the flesh is

weak. Previously I used to welcome people but now I am not in a position to

welcome them. They come, they sit and they go by themselves. I cannot even

extend my hospitality.

 

All my knowledge has gone into liquidation. I am unconcerned.