Conscioiusness and the Absolute

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Nisargadatta M: I deal with only

two things: What is your identity,

and what is your conviction

about what you are? These

questions cannot be discussed

with everyone. I can speak of

them only with those of you who

are in earnest. There are those who have a lot of wisdom but have not solved

the riddle of " I Amness " .

 

Q: Scientists have discovered, in the last ten years,

that if they don't observe the reaction of the atomic particles,

the reactions remain as they are.

 

If they do observe those

reactions, there is a change.

The very act of observing causes

a change in that which is observed.

 

M: The observer is also changing. What is being observed brings

about a change in the observer,

and unless that change is

brought about in the observer,

the observer cannot observe the

object; therefore, one can never

get to the depth of spirituality.

 

When you are cognizing something

as an individual, where do you place yourself? Consciousness is that which is

cognizing, the cognition, and that which is being

cognized. You are only scratching

the surface. It can't do you any good at all. What you hear must enter you like

an arrow and hit something deep within you. There must be an internal reaction;

without the reaction what you hear won't do you any good. You should know it

when the arrow reaches its mark.

 

 

Jean Dunn January 31, 1981

 

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