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QUOTATIONS AND POINTERS dealing with NON-DUALITY, ADVAITA, NISARGA YOGA and more
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Quotations and Pointers by Category and Subject Matter
from
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
REGARDING NO
"BIRTH" - NO "DEATH"
No "birth"
"This consciousness is dead to me; it is gone. I have transcended that. So whatever is, is that other consciousness, that one which is without concepts.”
“The principle that is conceptual and full of qualities [that is, "Brahman"] which I transcended, was like a very big ocean. Now it is mostly dried up; just the dregs remain. Only a very little bit is still there - only a few particles.”
“What
is pervading and prevailing is without concept or quality. What remains is
talking to you now. Where is the question of birth or death for that remaining
principle?"
"All knowledge is like the son of a barren woman. Presently there are only
beingness and the functioning. The individuality and personality are thrown
overboard. There is no personality, so there is no question of birth, life, or
death.”
“What remains is only the consciousness without name or form. There is no individuality at all. The form needs a name, but when both are not there, then the consciousness remains only so long as the body is there, but without any individuality.”
“The
body is of as much use now as it was prior to the birth and after the death.
How do you know me? You know me only on the acquisition of body form, name and
form. Do you really see me as I am [or as ‘I Am’]? I doubt it."
"When the birth is disproved, the great noble meaning of spirituality and
the meaning of this world—everything—is disproved.”
If you knew of the bondage, you would refuse the birth. But because the 'I
Amness' is absent, you are trapped. Because the 'I Amness' is a quality of the
body, later on you come to know you are and that you are trapped. But once You
know, you are liberated."
"When you get this knowledge [of the falsity of the birth and all that is
inaccurately perceived in the realm of the relative], you will realize that
knowledge of this world and consciousness are not even worth your spit. You can
spit it out; it will be unworthy."
"The birth, the parents, all this is illusion. Taking the body as oneself
is the accident. If you don't cling to the body as your identity, everything is
all right."
"Consciousness is time flowing continuously. But I, the Absolute, will not
have its company eternally because consciousness is time-bound. When this
beingness goes, the Absolute will not know 'I Am'. Appearance and
disappearance, birth and death, these are the qualities of beingness; they are
not your qualities."
No "death"
"Death is also a hearsay. Have you experienced death? There is only impersonal consciousness. In this realm of consciousness all that is going on is dynamic playfulness, a process of functioning.”
“There
is no differentiation in this process as to a person, an entity, a community, a
creed, a religion. In the flash of your consciousness, all this play is going
on. The play will come to an end."
"What is birth and death but the beginning and the ending of a stream of
events in consciousness?"
[When an ordinary man dies]
"according to his belief, it happens. As life before death is but
imagination, so is life after. The dream continues. The gnani does not die
because he was never born."
"When somebody 'dies', nothing happens. Something becomes nothing. Nothing
was, nothing remains."
"You may die a hundred deaths without a break in the mental turmoil. Or
you may keep your body and die only in the mind. The death of the mind is the
birth of wisdom."
"I am dead already. Physical death will make no difference in My case. I
am timeless being. I am free of desire or fear, because I do not remember the
past or imagine the future. Where there are no names and shapes, how can there
be desires and fear? With desirelessness comes timelessness."
"I am safe, because 'what is not' cannot touch 'What Is'. You feel unsafe
because you imagine danger. Of course, your body as such is complex and
vulnerable and needs protection. But not You. Once you realize Your own
unassailable being, you will be at peace."
"Death is natural . . . the manner of dying is man-made. Separateness
causes fear and aggression, which again cause violence. Do away with man-made
separations and all this horror of people killing each other will surely end.”
Yet . . .
“ . . . in reality there is no killing and no dying. The real does not die; the unreal never lived. When you know that the world is one, that humanity is one, you will act accordingly. But first of all you must attend to the way you feel, think and live. Unless there is order in yourself, there can be no order in the world."
[Or, as it was explained by Yeshu'a after he began sharing the non-dual message (Yeshu'a being mistakenly referred to nowadays as "Jesus" by his "followers"): "A dual-minded person is unstable in all ways."]
"Among the millions of people who have 'come' and 'gone', where am I
counted among them? There is no individuality connected with any of those
forms, but I have always been, and I am, the total functioning."
"If you have properly understood, what will be your position at the moment
of so-called 'death'? It will be watching what is happening. This consciousness
gradually loses everything, and ultimately consciousness is no longer conscious
of itself."
"I am not concerned with any state which is temporary. This consciousness
state is not of my choosing. The sooner it goes, the better. Once it is known
what is temporary and what one's original state is, no further knowledge is
needed."
Questioner: "Imagine you are ill - high fever, aches, shivers. The doctor
tells you the condition is serious . . . there are only a few days to live.
What would be your first reaction?"
Maharaj: "No reaction. As it is natural for the incense stick to burn out,
so it is natural for the body to die. Really, it is a matter of very little
importance. What matters is that I am neither the body nor the mind. I
am."
"My present state is such that this consciousness and all this physical
suffering are unbearable. I am prepared to dispose of it right now; this is the
state of affairs; nevertheless, people come here and these talks emanate out of
the consciousness. I am addressing you as consciousness.”
“I
am not concerned with your bodily affairs."
[As Maharaj was nearing the point when he would take mahasamadhi]:
"Without me the functioning cannot take place. I am the total functioning every moment, millions of years ago or now. In spite of my clearly understanding the foregoing, the bodily suffering has to be undergone because of the consciousness. The name of the consciousness is suffering itself. The life of suffering is nearly over."
To be continued.
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