Re: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj - Tami - judgement

[Guest guest]

Jan,

I enjoy reading and have many books but " I Am That " by Sri

Nisargadatta is one of my favorites. I keep it on my nightstand and

just open it up randomly and read a few pages before going to sleep.

Bernedette who wrote " The Experience of No Self " is also a

wonderful read. She was a Chritian contemplative and had just some

amazing experiences. When she tried to describe her experience and

how life had changed the Church officials said it was impossible and

did not believe her.

Enjoy. DebZ

> His judgement commentary is a little stiff - All thought is

judgement!

>

> When you become stabilized in your Self, the continuous commentary

of

> the mind will stop. Your true state is ever-existent. - N. Maharaj

>

[Guest guest]

Glad you liked it Jan. For anyone else interested, here is a link to a lot

of the book online for free: http://www.nonduality.com/asmi.htm

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj - Tami - judgement

Several people on this board and the Eckhardt Tolle board were

recommending/talking about a book by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

I'd already gone through my India phase so I at first dismissed this

as just another one of the great " boys " from India.

Then I went online and found his book I AM THAT was listed at $40.

Little steep! I started running a story that if the book were that

expensive what on earth did it have to say - must be worth it!!!!

*smile* When I found one for $22, I went ahead and got it.

Yep! Worth every penny.

His judgement commentary is a little stiff - All thought is judgement!

When you become stabilized in your Self, the continuous commentary of

the mind will stop. Your true state is ever-existent. - N. Maharaj

Nice little holiday gifee to myself - Blessings - Jan

[Guest guest]

> Several people on this board and the Eckhardt Tolle board were

> recommending/talking about a book by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Nisargadatta, holding " court " in his small apartment (as he did

almost daily), was questioned by a listener who simply could not

accept that everything (thoughts, feelings, actions), ... the entire

shebang! ... happened *through* him and not by his own choosing.

This person commented: " I can take your argument so far, that I am

not in control of certain things. But EVERYTHING -- no! "

Nisargadatta's reply (terse, as usual):

" You can't accept that it? Fine, then suffer! "

OK. So where does that leave one? If someone is able to

intellectual accept this message (a big! 'if'), what hope is there?

How does this 'teaching' provide solace? If the script is already

written, and if we are merely projections of God, and God, being a

funny dude, likes to play games (consider 9/11), what are we to do?

How can peace happy to a " pawn " ?

This type of question was posed to a modern teacher of nonduality,

Wayne Liquorman: " What is the value of hearing this teaching " ?

His reply:

" For me, the value -- and value is measured in very personal terms --

for me the value of hearing this teaching was that my life became

easier. This teaching became part of me, intellectually, and

phenomenally. The response -- the effect upon this body-mind

mechanism -- was that my life, my reactions to things, became

easier. Acceptance of what is, in the moment, became more frequent.

The thought would arise as I reacted to something, that this reaction

is part of the functioning of Totality. This reaction could not be

otherwise. This reaction is simply happening. And that recognition

cut off the horizontal involvement of the mind, of the thinking

process, which analyzes, speculates, considers and judges every

thought and action. The cutting off of that process brings one right

back to the moment -- brings one right back to here -- brings one

right back to the present; and the present is where life is.

This is the contact point for experiencing one's connection with

Totality, for seeing the Divine in the ordinary. This connection is

always there. There is no disconnection. There has never been any

disconnection. The experience of disconnection, the experience of

separateness, is removed here in the Eternal Present Moment. The

value of this teaching is in *that*. "

~andy