Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Q: When I meditate I fall asleep. What can I do to overcome that?
Do not raise this problem at all with me. You are in the three states, the waking state, deep sleep state and the knowledge you are, so why are you dealing with the state which you are not? Why are you interested? It is spontaneously happening. You have to understand that when you are being stabilized in a state prior to waking state, deep sleep, prior to words and even prior to consciousness, something happens in your body state without your doing it. Leave it alone. You are on this side and if something is happening, why are you worried about it? Be yourself. If you are yourself, you need not worry about what is happening at the other end. You are interested in your experiential state. There are so many experiences; such as, I saw blue light, I went up etc., don't tell me all those things. Be yourself and not the experiences. This is also a temporary phase and you are giving it undue importance by saying, "Oh it is something!" It happens naturally.
If you fall into sleep reciting japa, and at midnight you wake up, you will find that japa continuing. If you are alert, be aware of yourself and you will see light in the deepest recesses of your core.
June 10, 1981.
Q: When I meditate I fall asleep. What can I do to overcome that?
Do not raise this problem at all with me. You are in the three states, the waking state, deep sleep state and the knowledge you are, so why are you dealing with the state which you are not? Why are you interested? It is spontaneously happening. You have to understand that when you are being stabilized in a state prior to waking state, deep sleep, prior to words and even prior to consciousness, something happens in your body state without your doing it. Leave it alone. You are on this side and if something is happening, why are you worried about it? Be yourself. If you are yourself, you need not worry about what is happening at the other end. You are interested in your experiential state. There are so many experiences; such as, I saw blue light, I went up etc., don't tell me all those things. Be yourself and not the experiences. This is also a temporary phase and you are giving it undue importance by saying, "Oh it is something!" It happens naturally.
If you fall into sleep reciting japa, and at midnight you wake up, you will find that japa continuing. If you are alert, be aware of yourself and you will see light in the deepest recesses of your core.
June 10, 1981.
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