Guest guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Nisargadatta , " geo " <inandor wrote: > > > Just curiosity: and what do you want with Nisargadatta then? What attracted > you to him? All he talks about is basically, the me, the world and > awareness. > -geo- > i fell in love with maharaj's words, not because of his " nonduality " teachings but the fearless way he spoke. until i read him i never heard anyone speak like that and it changed something in me. i'll paste some quotes as examples: Q: Did God take the earth on rent from you? M: God is my devotee and did all this for me. Q: Is there no God apart from you? M: How can there be? 'I am' is the root, God is the tree. Whom am I to worship, and what for? Q: Are you the devotee or the object of devotion? M: Am neither, I am devotion itself. Q: There is not enough devotion in the world. M: You are always after the improvement of the world. Do you really believe that the world is waiting for you to be saved? http://www.nisargadatta.net/IamThat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 M: You are always after the improvement of the world. Do you really believe that the world is waiting for you to be saved? geo: LOL... that is a good one!! And true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Nisargadatta , " Hur Guler " <hurg wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " geo " <inandor@> wrote: > > > > > > Just curiosity: and what do you want with Nisargadatta then? What attracted > > you to him? All he talks about is basically, the me, the world and > > awareness. > > -geo- > > > i fell in love with maharaj's words, not because of his " nonduality " teachings but the fearless way he spoke. until i read him i never heard anyone speak like that and it changed something in me. i'll paste some quotes as examples: > > Q: Did God take the earth on rent from you? > > M: God is my devotee and did all this for me. > > Q: Is there no God apart from you? > > M: How can there be? 'I am' is the root, God is the tree. Whom am I > to worship, and what for? > > Q: Are you the devotee or the object of devotion? > > M: Am neither, I am devotion itself. > > Q: There is not enough devotion in the world. > > M: You are always after the improvement of the world. Do you really > believe that the world is waiting for you to be saved? > > http://www.nisargadatta.net/IamThat.html It's a nice dialogue. He throws the questioner back on his own assumptions. - D - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Nisargadatta , " geo " <inandor wrote: > > it's funny to me that you dedicate a list to nisargadatta and believe these things that are in the opposite direction of how he spoke. > -d- > > He already told us that he was attracted to nis's charisma. Period. > -geo- > i don't know if it was just the charisma or his fearless insights. if it was just advaita then ramana would have been the king of the hill...well, he's the king of the mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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