The Sleeping Vishnu

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Dear All,

 

Nisargadatta Maharaj States:

 

" This quality of beingness, the knowledge 'I am', cannot tolerate

itself. It cannot stand itself, alone, just knowing itself.

Therefore, that Rajoguna is there...it takes the beingness itself

for a ride in various activities, so that it does not dwell only in

itself: it is very difficult to sustain that state. And Tamoguna is

the basest quality. What it is doing is that it provides one with

the facility to claim authorship for all the activities-the

feeling 'I am the doer.' Rajoguna takes one into all the

activities, and tamoguna claims authorship or doership for those

activities. But understand fully that whatever is happening takes

place because of these three qualities, sattwaguna, rajoguna, and

tamoguna. They are not YOUR doings, you are completely apart from

that. I stress that time and again. This is the play happening in

these three gunas. Again understand, you are experiencing this

sattvaguna, the knowledge 'I am.' This 'I-am-ness' is experienced

by you, the Absolute, but you are not 'I-am-ness.'