Guest guest Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 From the book Consciousness and the Absolute The final talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, p. 102 In the consciousness hierarchy there are three stages: 1. Jivatman is the one who identifies himself with the body-mind. One who thinks I am a body, a personality, an individual apart from the world. He excludes and isolates himself from the world as a separate personality because of identification with the body and the mind. 2. Next only the beingness, or the consciousness, which is the world. " I Am " means my whole world. Just being and the world. Together with the beingness the world is also felt - that is Atman. 3. The Ultimate principle that knows this beingness cannot be termed at all. It cannot be approached or conditioned by any words. That is the Ultimate state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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