Nisargadatta-At the root of everything,is the feeling 'I am'

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Nisargadatta-At the root of everything,is the feeling 'I am'

 

 

 

Maharaj :

>

> Before the world was , consciousness was. In

consciousness

> it comes into being , in consciousness it lasts and into pure

> consciousness it dissolves.

>

> At the root of everything , is the feeling " I am " .

>

> The state of mind " there is a world " is secondary , for to be ,

> I do not need the world , the world needs me.

>

>

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> I AM THAT , Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

 

 

 

Put another way --

 

The split second

upon waking in the morning,

there is an all-prevading sense of

(well) being.

 

....feeling " I am " without words.

....or ISNESS.

 

You can check this out for yourself.

 

 

 

In this, the world appears and disappears.

 

You can check this out for yourself.

 

 

 

El

 

 

 

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>

> >Nice to see that other seekers are aware of the fundamental point of

> >Nisargadatta's teaching.

> >......

> > " You are the one knower of everything. Therefore you are the liberated

> > >soul. "

>

> It depends on where 'you' are coming from.

> The problem with these blanket statements

> from Douglas Harding

 

It's from the Ashtavakra Gita, from one of Atmananda's books (Atma Darshan, I

think) not Douglas Harding.

 

>and others

> are that they can be misleading and

> and more than likely the cause of acute

> Narcissism and spiritual pathology

> -You are the center of the world and so on-

> ...and all this crap.

 

Why is it crap?

It's the truth as he finds it. He just asks you to look.

It makes no bones to me whether anybody else 'does' it (since they are all a

part of my dream) I'm just looking for other points of view on my findings, from

within my own dream.

Nobody's the *centre* of the world - they're on the *edge* of the universe,

looking in...

 

Seriously - do you accept my point about Australia being about the same size as

your outstretched hand?

If you really see it, it'll hit you like a bombshell.

Some of the Zen koans are related to this " everything's size " business too. I'll

try and search some out.

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>threedrom

>Nisargadatta

>Nisargadatta

> Re: Nisargadatta-At the root of everything,is the

>feeling 'I am'

>Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:23:18 -0000

>

>Why is it crap?

Because it's all misleading,

rubbish as far as I'm concerned,

but I also recognise that some of us

want to be misled!

 

>It's the truth as he finds it. He just asks you to look.

And 'who' is looking ? Is there really a looker ?

 

>Seriously - do you accept my point about Australia being about the same

>size as your outstretched hand?

 

He's playing with your mind and parallax error due

to positional perception.

Of course from 'your' perspective, it appears that

the sky is blue and the sun rises every morning.

But is it really so ?

Remind's me of a conversation I overheard

between two baggage handlers at an airport

as a huge airbus was touching down...

" Gosh " says one guy " It's sure cost

that airline company an incredible sum

to paint that aircraft " . " Don't be fooled "

said the other chappie " They paint it when

it's up in the sky and becomes small! "

 

~dave

 

 

 

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