Snargadatta Mantra

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though there is nothing wrong with repeating the words " i am "

or " i'm " but the sense of " i am " is without words and it refers to

consciousness, awareness of existence, beingness, the formless mirror

that contains all forms, silence...it's not a mantra or a breathing

exercise. the sense of " i am " is another way of saying 'you are

consciousness and as consciousness mediate on consciousness, nothing

else.' this instruction is not really that much different from

ramana's much misunderstood self-inquiry method of sitting in silence

and investigating (without words) where this 'i-thought' rises from.

 

maharaj's often repeated quotes one more time:

 

" When I met my Guru, he told me: " You are not what you take yourself

to be. Find out what you are. Watch the sense 'I am', find your real

Self. " I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. All

my spare time I would spend looking at myself in silence...

 

My Guru ordered me to attend to the sense 'I am' and to give

attention to nothing else. I just obeyed. I did not follow any

particular course of breathing, or meditation, or study of

scriptures. Whatever happened, I would turn away my attention from it

and remain with the sense 'I am', it may look too simple, even crude.

My only reason for doing it was that my Guru told me so...

 

Refuse all thoughts except one: the thought of `I Am'. The mind

will rebel at first in the beginning, but with patience and

perseverance it will yield and keep quiet. Once you are quiet, things

will begin to happen spontaneously and quite naturally, without any

interference on your part. " -Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

 

Nisargadatta, " Bondzai " <bondzai> wrote:

> its hard to do what he says

> to stay in the place of I am, like that I am that book

> so when meditating

> its so much easier to say " I'm " -- on the inbreath

> and then perhaps " so " on the outbreath (and a long so at that)

>

> I wouldn't want to attach anything like it, like 'so so' or 'so

> bored' or 'so sexy' so is enough...

>

> simple english version that works if you work it

>

> The words are in english

> the meaning in english

> no sanskrt required