Nisargadatta.. Consciousness alone will show you

[Guest guest]

>From Prior to Consciousness editor Jean Dunn..

 

Q: In meditation when I try to stabilize at the point behind the mind there is

darkness, nothing blankness. I don't like the state.

M: Don't you see - You are still there. Prior to stabilizing in the Self, traces

of the mind are still there.

This machine is a self-generating machine; when you go into that the

momentum helps clear all doubts in your mind. This is exclusively your knowledge

which you will enjoy most, and then all traces of the mind are completely

uprooted. This is the stage where you are - you are not, that is the borderline.

The moment you know you are, duality is there, when you do not know you are, you

are perfect, but you must go through this process. In deep sleep you do not to

know you are, but that is a grosser state. In this alive state you must recede

into the state of no-knowingness.

What is this knowingness? It is the stamp of registration of the booking "I

Am." You are booking a flat which is under construction but where is that flat?

It is only the booking. Similarly this "I Am" is only booking, it represents

your Absolute state.

Q: What gives you the courage to transcend in the nothingness which you know is

there?

M: Your deep urge to understand the Self. Receding only means to go within, your

normal inclination is to come out through the five senses and see the world. Now

reverse; I am not the body, I am not the mind, I am not the senses; now you are

stabilized in consciousness. After stabilizing in consciousness all further

things will happen automatically. You expand into the manifest.

I was, I am, I shall be in that original state before the "I Amness" came.

Why is it that the terrible name of this disease has no effect on me? For

the simple reason that what I am has nothing to do with that of which the

disease is just a name.

Q: What does Maharaj think about all the different religions?

M: As far as I am concerned all religions are based on concepts and emotions.

Those emotions are so violent and absorbing that people have immolated

themselves.

Being one with some other personality emotionally can be so effective that

those who have identified themselves with Jesus Christ have had the marks of

crucifixion appear on their bodies. All these experiences are totally useless.

One individual had identified with another individual, and unless individuality

is given up the Reality can never manifest itself. Do not repeat what you have

heard, parrot-wise, unless you have it with the conviction that I have.

I know my state before the body and consciousness came, I have the

knowledge of it, I have the awareness of it.

Merely listening to these words will not do - you must be one with the

consciousness. Don't treat that knowledge "I Am" as insignificant, because it

is the stimulating force for your entire universe.

The expressions of consciousness are limitless; if you enter into the

expression you will be lost. Surrender to and be one with your consciousness and

your consciousness alone will show you the process of how it can be dissolved.