tonight's Nisargadatta (long)

[Guest guest]

Maharaj: You must come to a firm decision. You must forget the thought that you

are a body and be only the knowledge " I Am, " which has no form, no name. Just

be. When you stabilize in that beingness it will give all the knowledge and all

the secrets to you, and when the secrets are given to you, you transcend the

beingness, and you, the Absolute, will know that you are also not the

consciousness. Having gained all this knowledge, having understood what is what,

a kind of quietude prevails, a tranquility. Beingness is transcended, but

beingness is available.

 

Questioner: What is that state?

 

Maharaj: It is something like a deer taking rest in the shadow of a tree. The

color of the shadow is neither light nor very dark, this is the borderland.

Neither jet black nor very bright, halfway between them, that is that shadow.

Deep blue, like clouds, that is that state. That is also the grace of the

Sat-Guru. Everything is flowing out of that state, but this principle does not

claim anything, is not involved in anything that is coming out of it, but this

beingness is available.

 

That deep, dark blue state, the grace of the Sat-Guru. This is the state of the

jnani, this is a very, very, rare, natural samadhi state, the most natural

state, the highest state. You must have a firm conviction about this. Once the

decision is taken, there is no moving away from it. The fruition of your

spirituality is to fully understand your own true nature, to stabilize in your

true identity. One must have patience, the capacity to wait and see. The

darkness that you see when you close your eyes, that is the shadow of the Guru's

grace; don't forget it, always keep it in mind. Take rest in the shadow of the

Guru's grace. Whenever you remember the words of the Guru, you are in the shade

of the Guru's grace.

 

Ultimately, everything merges into the Self. You may come across great

difficulties, but your courage and stability in the Self should be firm.

 

-- From " Prior to Consciousness "