Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Questioner: The inner teacher is not easily reached. Maharaj: Since he is in you and with you, the difficulty cannot be serious. Look within, and you will find him. Q: When I look within, I find sensations and perceptions, thoughts and feelings, desires and fears, memories and expectations. I am immersed in this cloud and see nothing else. M: That which sees all this, and the nothing too, is the inner teacher. He alone is, all else only appears to be. He is your own self (swarupa), your hope and assurance of freedom; find him and cling to him and you will be saved and safe. Q: I do believe you, but when it comes to the actual finding of this inner self, I find it escapes me. M: The idea 'it escapes me', where does it arise? Q: In the mind. M: And who knows the mind. Q: The witness of the mind knows the mind. M: Did anybody come to you and say: 'I am the witness of your mind'? Q: Of course not. He would have been just another idea in the mind. M: Then who is the witness? Q: I am. M: So, you know the witness because you are the witness. You need not see the witness in front of you. Here again, to be is to know. I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Nisargadatta , " Grant " <g-ssummerville wrote: > > Questioner: The inner teacher is not easily reached. > > Maharaj: Since he is in you and with you, the difficulty cannot be serious. Look within, and you will find him. > > Q: When I look within, I find sensations and perceptions, thoughts and feelings, desires and fears, memories and expectations. I am immersed in this cloud and see nothing else. > > M: That which sees all this, and the nothing too, is the inner teacher. He alone is, all else only appears to be. He is your own self (swarupa), your hope and assurance of freedom; find him and cling to him and you will be saved and safe. > > Q: I do believe you, but when it comes to the actual finding of this inner self, I find it escapes me. > > M: The idea 'it escapes me', where does it arise? > > Q: In the mind. > > M: And who knows the mind. > > Q: The witness of the mind knows the mind. > > M: Did anybody come to you and say: 'I am the witness of your mind'? > > Q: Of course not. He would have been just another idea in the mind. > > M: Then who is the witness? > > Q: I am. > > M: So, you know the witness because you are the witness. You need not see the witness in front of you. Here again, to be is to know. > > I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj i'll witness to that. ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Yes, the question " Who knows this? " , is the most fundamental of questions and gets right to the heart of the inquiry. In the course of day to day life, many experiences arise. In response to these, questions like who is happy or depressed?, who wants or doesn't want?, who likes or doesn't like? etc can be asked. But, even more to the point is the question " Who knows all these things; both the experiences and the experiencer? " Grant - " Richard Clarke " <richard <advaitajnana > Saturday, April 21, 2007 1:04 PM Re: to be is to know > Grant, > > Sat-Chit > Being-Consciousness > > Both hyphenated - since they cannot ever be separated. Look within to > verify. It is import for each of us to verify for ourselves these > teachings. Then to know them at the same 'level' as you know that you > exist. You need no confirmation, sense impression, thought, feeling, > etc. to know that you exist. This is Knowledge. > > In my practice, learning to see 'who knows this?' has been a > good 'angle of vision.' Maharaj gets right to this with " Then who is > the witness? " > > I have used this inquiry like Ramana's " For whom is this? " " For " I " > then " Who am I? " " Who knows this? " " Who am I? " > > I also inquire, " For whom is the inquiry? " " Who am I? " etc. > > Good posts. > > Not two, > Richard > > advaitajnana , " Grant " <g-ssummerville > wrote: >> >> Questioner: The inner teacher is not easily reached. >> >> Maharaj: Since he is in you and with you, the difficulty cannot be > serious. Look within, and you will find him. >> >> Q: When I look within, I find sensations and perceptions, thoughts > and feelings, desires and fears, memories and expectations. I am > immersed in this cloud and see nothing else. >> >> M: That which sees all this, and the nothing too, is the inner > teacher. He alone is, all else only appears to be. He is your own > self (swarupa), your hope and assurance of freedom; find him and > cling to him and you will be saved and safe. >> >> Q: I do believe you, but when it comes to the actual finding of > this inner self, I find it escapes me. >> >> M: The idea 'it escapes me', where does it arise? >> >> Q: In the mind. >> >> M: And who knows the mind. >> >> Q: The witness of the mind knows the mind. >> >> M: Did anybody come to you and say: 'I am the witness of your mind'? >> >> Q: Of course not. He would have been just another idea in the mind. >> >> M: Then who is the witness? >> >> Q: I am. >> >> M: So, you know the witness because you are the witness. You need > not see the witness in front of you. Here again, to be is to know. >> >> I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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