Prior to Consciousness

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Dec 13, 1980 Pg79

 

M: The Absolute is unicity, by Itself, but it is expressed in

manifold ways and forms. As Absolute I have no experience of myself.

The devotion without another is devotion to the Self, where there is

no duality. Once the duality comes, the devotion is divided between

subject and object. Before birth we were no conscious of ourself;

only when a foreign element, the birth, was introduced, did we become

conscious of ourself.

 

Apprehending this is awakening and for this there is no path or

technique. This is so subtle that I would like to speak more about

it, but it is physically impossible for me to speak more than a few

words.

 

What I speak about openly, others will not. The amount of receptivity

each one has depends on his own luck. Understand also that what you

hear from me you cannot utilize. Whatever you hear will spontaneously

do what it likes.

 

So long there is that sense of duality amongst you what you hear

cannot reach the target.

 

Understand what I am saying. The consciousness arises spontaneously.

Once I am conscious of myself I know I exist, and I love this

beingness; I do not what this beingness to depart from me and it is

this that makes me strive all the day till sleep overcomes me, in

order to keep this love of biengness satisfied.

 

Then the Guru tells me the true state of affairs, that this

consciousness which I love so much is only an illusion. It is the

basic cause of all unhappiness and my true state is before this

consciousness arose. That is beyond all concepts and any name given

is a concept.

 

Understand it thoroughly, intuitively, beyond words, but also

understand that that understanding can be of no use to you, because

it is at the level of consciousness, and consciousness is illusory.

 

What is being recorded and transcribed here will be of unimaginable

value in course of time when the basis of understanding will be

broaded and people will want to know what the state of affairs is. At

that time, when this is exposed on a wider scale, there will be

wonderment. These words will be few, but those who at a certain time

will be proud of their own achievement, when they hear these few

words their own knowledge will evaporate so suddenly they will be

wonderstruck.

 

This consciousness, which depends on the food body which is born, is

time-bound. That which is prior to consciousness is the Absolute, and

when consciousness is without a form, and not aware of itself, it is

the absolute. We are nothing but this consciousness.

 

You come here and I talk to you but I am not concerned whether you

come or go. I am totally independent. I , as the Absolute, do not

need the consciousness. Total independence is merely to apprehend and

understand. My apparent dependence is on this consciousness which

says, `I am'. It is this sentience which enables me to perceive you.

This concept I did not have but even then I existed. I was there

before this consciousness apparent.

 

Whatever you want, desire or worship, can only be concepts. Have you

heard what is conceptual existence and what is existence prior to

concepts? Many people have come here purely for spiritual purposes

and they have professed great love for me. Subsequently some good

fortune happens to them and they prosper and in their prosperity they

have no time to come here. All the earlier love is where? This is the

province of maya. A person comes with the sincere intention of

spiritual search, then this maya show him a little bit of temptation

and off he goes.

 

This maya does not operate independently – we are partners. Will he

dare divorce himself from this maya? No, he will accept that maya.

That ego (that I am so and so), is very difficult to get rid of, but

the ego cannot touch one who really understand what I say.

 

You will continue coming here as long as the concepts remain; once

you go beyond concepts there will be no need to come here.

Since when and because of what, is what you think you are?

 

 

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