Nisargadatta: There is nothing so miserable as " I Love".

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December 30, 1980

 

 

 

Q: I think there should be beauty in the whole manifestation.

 

 

 

Maharaj: You should not get involved in what has appeared. Take a tree -

the bark, the leaves, the blossoms, the fruit, all have a different nature. If

you get involved in the appearance of these, you will lose sight of the source,

the tree.

 

 

 

Intellectually, you have understood, but you have to be one with it, you

have to identify with what you understood. Understand that the seed of this

body is the sperm of the father mixed with the ovum of the mother. That is the

seed for the manifestation of the phenomena, but I am not the seed, I am not the

phenomena, nor am I the consciousness that is time bound.

 

 

 

The names and forms, which you see, are consciousness only. Your

consciousness is very pure and that's why you are able to judge. The Atman is

colorless, but it is able to judge colors, etc.

 

 

 

Your sadhana is over; you have reached this place. This knowledge is for

those who have no desires. The Self-knowledge is the most precious knowledge.

 

 

 

To you who search for the Self I explain his type of knowledge. I lead you

to a state where there is no hunger, no desire; therefore I am not inclined to

invite those who are worried about their possessions and their relations to

listen to my talks.

 

 

 

When you have knowledge you see that the consciousness "I" is all-pervasive,

as long as the consciousness is there; but the witness of the consciousness has

no " I Am" and that is you true, eternal nature.

 

 

 

"I love" gives rise to great joy, and at the same time there is nothing so

miserable as " I Love".

 

 

 

Giving up the body is a great festival for me.

 

 

 

What is the worth of all the activities of human beings? It is all

entertainment, just to pass time. You get pleasure only when you forget your

self; in deep sleep you have forgotten yourself, that itself is joy.

 

 

 

It is the Atman, not the personality that is drawn to spirituality.

 

 

 

I will not expound knowledge in the future: a few words here and there will

be all.