from the top or starters..just a few questions till now unasked...

[Guest guest]

but then again... " who's asking " ?

 

:-)

 

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeres Johnny:

 

 

 

 

>1.Give up all questions except one: 'Who am I?'

 

 

 

(OK...who's supposed to give that up?)

 

 

 

>2.After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are.

 

 

 

(how can " you " be sure? who is you? just the facts now ma'am.)

 

 

 

>3.The 'I am' is certain.

 

 

(are you certain? how does that piece of work work?)

 

 

 

 

>4.The 'I am this' is not.

 

(nor is it not not)

 

 

>5.Struggle to find out what you are in reality.

 

(oh c'mon! " struggle " ?

 

" i " thought that wasn't a certainty..

 

only " i am " ..

 

the " i " that is " you " said so.

 

therefore the struggling stuff is not so certain.

 

are you're here saying " do " what isn't certain..

 

in order to " discover " the certain...

 

and all this for a " you " that is doubtful at best?

 

Nizzzzy!)

 

 

 

>6.To know what you are, you must first investigate and know what you are

not....

 

(sounds great!

 

to know what an orange or an apple is..

 

you must first find out what they aren't.

 

otherwise don't go shopping i guess.

 

though i'm not certain obviously.

 

hey!

 

the same might be said about your wife.

 

discovering who she wasn't was all Mr. Woods was doing.

 

at least that's what he told her)

 

 

 

 

7....Discover all that you are not--body, feelings, thoughts, time, space, this

or that--nothing, concrete or abstract, which you perceive can be you.

 

 

(you might consider discovering how " you " can be wrong too.)

 

 

 

8.The very act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive.

 

 

(and the very act of saying that..

 

shows that what you are saying is not what you are saying)

 

 

 

9.The clearer you understand that on the level of mind you can be described in

negative terms only, the quicker will you come to the end of your search and

realize that you are the limitless being. "

 

 

 

 

Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

 

(how can a " limited " level..

 

of mind or matter..

 

either negative or positive..

 

" realize " a limitless " anything " ?

 

if an " end " has been reached..

 

it's a short and shallow search you've been tredding.

 

more work is required.

 

but don't try and do it Nizzy..

 

" you " can't.

 

not for certain anyway.

 

 

 

..b b.bagadatta Ma-haha.

 

 

p.s.

 

for further catchy clacks between Maharaj and Ma-haha..

 

don't miss the next exciting episode..

 

in the continuous story that will resume..

 

after the following messages.

 

baba knows you won't anyway.

 

even if you're hiding..and pridefully thinking to yourself..

 

that you have shown great " personal " fortitude..

 

by not letting yourself be " drawn out..or in " ..

 

you have only proven your egotistic level of false superbia.

 

..b b.b. will have none of that.

 

it is known you are there and cannot help you " self " ..

 

from ever-returning and attending to his words.

 

you know who you are...even though you really don't.

 

and it's for your own good..

 

even though there's no such thing.

 

LOL!

 

[.bx3]