Nisargadatta. Spiritual experiences all entertainment.

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Hello Alton,

This is excellent. We do not realize that through a series of deaths we arrive

at <don't know what>. Speculation will keep us tied to the present imperfect

form.

regards,

Vatsa

 

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> January 11, 1981

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> Q: The spiritual experiences which I have, are they something which should not

be there? What is it?

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> M: It is all entertainment. You are present here; is your body not the

result of someone's entertainment? So long as you know that the experiences are

only appearances in consciousness it is all right.

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> Understanding is not a matter of time. If you really apperceive the truth, it

is simple and quickly grasped.

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> The conscious presence depends of the body, and the body is nothing but the

sperm and ovum, so where is this "You" This body is like an instrument that

says, " I am", like an announcer. Presently you think that you are the

body-mind, and whatever concepts you have collected are flowing out. When you

begin spirituality, you reject the body-mind with "I am not that." Then you

come to the "I AM" only, without words. Then you are everything; you are not

confined to the body.

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> Because of the instrument of the body, that feeling of consciousness is there

and I, the absolute, am not that.

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> Having stabilized in the consciousness, the next step is to be in a position

to observe the consciousness, and all the play that is happening in the

consciousness, just to understand. Attachment to the body and to the

consciousness is very strong; to get rid of it is very difficult.

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> The birth principal, the chemical around which the body formation takes place,

has no form or design and actually didn't exist. That non-existing thing

suddenly came into existence. What is the validity of its existence? It is an

apparition only, it can't be the truth. That's why I dare talk like this. This

is a big hoax, a big fraud, created out of nothingness. Can you create

something out of nothing?

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> Whatever I said is securely planted in that birth principle of yours, you

cannot extract it. In due course it will proliferate into knowledge.

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> I don't want life, even for a moment, but in that momentary life there are so

many lives.

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> I am not afraid of death. With death the imperfection is removed.

Consciousness, the stigma of imperfection is gone. What remains is total

perfection.

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> There is no guarantee that I will meet you tomorrow, but the reality is that

there is no separation at all between you and me, because we are one. Do not

imagine any separation

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> >From Consciousness and the Absolute editor Jean Dunn

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