"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Time Factor

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:

Everybody is trying to protect the time factor - that is, the consciousness. So long as time is there, consciousness is there; and time is there so long as the body is present.

When the life span is over, time has gone. When time has gone, consciousness is gone. As long as the beingness is there, activities proceed. Once you realize that you are not the body, then there is no more attraction for the manifestation.

When a firm conviction is established that one is not the body, one's behavior has become just like that of the five elements, claiming no credit as things are merely happening by themselves. Such a one can have no needs and demands.

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