Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 Hi Nisargadatta, as far as I can see, by 'I am' he refers sometimes to the sense of i-am produced by the I-thought, and sometimes to the I- AM as 'pure being'. Which, would you say he refers to, in his pointer : ' hold on to the I-am ' ? If I 'hold on' to the i-am, would that not strenghten the I-thought ? jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 I interpreted it as, " (To help lead you toward realization,) hold on to the (truth of) I-am (while you're still identifying with the individual). " -mort Nisargadatta, JB789@h... wrote: > Hi > Nisargadatta, as far as I can see, by 'I am' he refers sometimes to > the sense of i-am produced by the I-thought, and sometimes to the I- > AM as 'pure being'. > Which, would you say he refers to, in his pointer : ' hold on to the > I-am ' ? > If I 'hold on' to the i-am, would that not strenghten the I- thought ? > jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Nisargadatta, JB789@h... wrote: > Hi > Nisargadatta, as far as I can see, by 'I am' he refers sometimes to > the sense of i-am produced by the I-thought, and sometimes to the I- > AM as 'pure being'. > Which, would you say he refers to, in his pointer : ' hold on to the > I-am ' ? > If I 'hold on' to the i-am, would that not strenghten the I-thought ? > jb Dear Jb, I believe what maharaj is saying is focus on your sense of self, and you will find that that sense of self which you take to be your individuality will turn our to be the Absolute. By focusing on yourself alone, without attributes, you come to see that it is Self. This is not different than seeing thatjiva is ultmately Atman. Ramana did by saying, " Ask Who Am I? " You keep focusong on your exisitance, discarding all attributes and voila! one comes to the Self. What makes Maharaj's transmission abit different, is how he says " as long as the food-body is there beingness is there. " Which I take to mean, as long as the body exists, the apparance of a particular focal point of of consciousness seems to persist. Howeverm ultimately beingness is Being, as there is nothing else. And our beingness is a entryway to the larger Being, which is what it truly is. So hang on to what is most intimate and end up with the the infinite! Hope this helps! Cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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