Nisargadatta "I Am That" C#76 part one

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TO KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW, IS TRUE KNOWLEDGE

Maharaj: There is the body. Inside the body appears to be an observer and

outside - a world under observation. The observer and his observation as well

as the world observed appear and disappear together. Beyond it all, there is a

void. This void is one for all.

Q: What you say appears simple, but not everyone would say it. It is you, and

you alone, who talks of the three and the void beyond. I see the world only,

which includes all.

M: Even the "I Am"?

Q: Even the 'I Am'. The 'I Am' is there because the world is there.

M: And the world is there because the 'I Am' is there.

Q: Yes it goes both ways. I cannot separate the two, nor go beyond, I cannot

say something is, unless I experience it, as I cannot say something is not,

because I do not experience it. What is it that you experience that makes you

speak with such assurance?

M: I know myself as I am - timeless, spaceless, causeless. You happen not to

know, being engrossed as you are in other things.

Q: Why am I so engrossed?

M: Because you are interested.

Q: What makes me interested?

M: Fear of pain, desire for pleasure. Pleasant is the ending of pain and

painful the end of pleasure. They just rotate in endless succession.

Investigate the vicious circle till you find your self beyond it.

 

To be continued Goddess willing..