I Am - Perspective of a Jnani
Tehiru
intentionality, subjectivity, duality etc. - stands supreme the
limitless sense of 'I am'. The only thing I can be sure about is, that
'I am'; not as a thinking 'I am' in the Cartesian sense, but without
any predicates. Again and again Maharaj draws our attention to this
basic fact in order to make us realize our 'I am-ness' and thus get
rid of all self-made prisons. He says: The only true statement is 'I
am'. All else is mere inference. By no effort can you change the 'I
am' into 'I am-not'.
Behold, the real experiencer is not the mind, but myself, the light in
which everything appears. Self is the common factor at the root of all
experience, the awareness in which everything hap¬pens. The entire
field of consciousness is only as a film, or a speck, in 'I am'. This
'I am-ness' is, being conscious of consciousness, being aware of
itself. And it is indescribable, be-cause it has no attributes. It is
only being my self, and being my self is all that there is. Everything
that exists, exists as my self. There is nothing which is different
from me. There is no duality and, therefore, no pain. There are no
problems. It is the sphere of love, in which everything is perfect.
What happens, happens spontaneously, without intentions-like
digestion, or the growth of the hair. Realize this, and be free from
the limitations of the mind.
Behold, the deep sleep in which there is no notion of being this or
that. Yet 'I am' remains. And behold the eternal now. Memory seems to
bring things to the present out of the past, but all that happens does
happen in the present only. It is only in the time¬less now that
phenomena manifest themselves. Thus, time and causation do not apply
in reality. l am prior to the world, body and mind. I am the sphere in
which they appear and disappear. I am the source of them all, the
universal power by which the world with its bewildering diversity
becomes manifest.
In spite of its primevality, however, the sense of 'I am' is not the
Highest. It is not the Absolute. The sense, or taste of 'I am-ness' is
not absolutely beyond time. Being the essence of the five ele¬ments,
it, in a way, depends upon the world. It arises from the body, which,
in its turn, is built by food, consisting of the ele¬ments. It
disappears when the body dies, like the spark extinguishes when the
incense stick burns out. When pure awareness is attained, no need
exists any more, not even for 'I am', which is but a useful pointer, a
direction-indicator towards the Absolute. The awareness 'I am' then
easily ceases. What prevails is that which cannot be described, that
which is beyond words. It is this 'state' which is most real, a state
of pure potentiality, which is prior to everything. The 'I am' and the
universe are mere reflections of it. It is this reality which a jnani
has realized.
- Sri Nisargadatta
bassos
> From: "Tehiru" <tehiru...@gmail.com>
>
> In opposition to the restless mind, with its limited categories -
0=2 still evades you.
> intentionality, subjectivity, duality etc. - stands supreme the
> limitless sense of 'I am'.
For fucktards maybe.
There is no I.
(well, there is)
> The only thing I can be sure about is, that
> 'I am'; not as a thinking 'I am' in the Cartesian sense, but without
> any predicates.
There is something that presents to you :
I.
Why presume I is all there is ?
> Again and again Maharaj draws our attention to this
> basic fact in order to make us realize our 'I am-ness' and thus get
> rid of all self-made prisons. He says: The only true statement is 'I
> am'. All else is mere inference.
He is wrong.
> By no effort can you change the 'I am' into 'I am-not'.
Do you not see ?
> Behold, the real experiencer is not the mind, but myself, the light in
> which everything appears.
You portray confusion.
The real experience is experience.
Duh.
> Self is the common factor at the root of all experience
You are wrong.
Experience is at the root of experience.
This is really not that difficult.
If this was once again you merely posting someone else's words because you
are a liar and a fraud;
Demonstration galore.
Tehiru
> 0=2 still evades you.
Considering the substance of the post, I find that rather funny.
"Always drunk, always stoned" is your motto, after all.