Hur/Time Is The Child Of A Barren Woman - Nectar of Immortality

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Hi Hur,

 

Just as a side note, the neti-neti (what you were doing with " I am

not my legs, arms, chest, " and so on), could be seen as Self-Inquiry

too, because if you were saying " I am not my arms, legs, chest,

thoughts " and all that, the ultimate question is " So, what am I then? "

 

Love,

 

Tim

 

Nisargadatta, " Hur " <Hur1@a...> wrote:

> Dear Michael,

>

> I don't metitate as a practice and before I ever knew about " neti

> neti " method one day I felt the need to meditate. I was

> contemplating " I am not my legs, arms, chest, feelings, thoughts

and

> so on... " Finally I experienced an energy form bouncing all around

> in a dark chamber which was similar to what you described as " just

a

> sort of golden light, encapsulated in a round bulb. " Of course I

was

> scared and did not go beyond that. Sometimes we use the words

energy

> and light to describe the essence of one's being and the ancients

> also had another word, the Spirit, which sounds sort of old

fashioned

> nowadays but I still like it.

>

> Anyway, the next day I told a friend about my experience and he

gave

> me a Ramana Maharshi book " Be As You Are " which mentioned the " neti

> neti " (I am not this...or that) method. Ramana was favoring self-

> inquiry instead. Whether it was just a state of mind, a concept,

an

> experience that takes place in the mind and also perceived by the

> mind or an awareness beyond the understanding of the mind which is

a

> link to a higher Being, what I learned from Maharaj is that abiding

> in the sense of " I am " reconciles the riddles of duality for

me.

>

> Hur