Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 -- In Nisargadatta , " alakeshwar " <alakeshwar wrote: > > > Group, > I am a big fan of Nisargadatta but there is one aspect of > his teaching I haven't understood completely. According to him > realizing the self is to be in a state where you have no memmory of > anything or feel anything at all. According to him it is only the mind- > body which is capable of experiencing anything. He often compared the > state of self realization to being like Bombay or New York for that > matter. The terror strikes in N.Y struck terror in the hearts of New > Yorkers but not New York. Whatever happens in N.Y does not affect New > York per se only the people who live there. So what's the point I am > trying to make? The point I am trying to make is that N.Y minus its > people is as dead as a dodo. So what's the point in striving for a > state in which one is as good as dead. Will some one enlighten me. > alec P: Hi Alec, I have a not an answer: Do you like deep sleep ( without dreams)? It happens every night; you don't feel anything; you don't remember any details, yet you somehow know what I'm talking about. That is no different that what was going on before birth, or after death. That is always what is when consciousness is not. Like it or not! ) Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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