Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
To be one with THAT because of which we know that we exist is meditation. There are a number of names which have been given to Gods. All of them represent the same thing - they represent this knowledge that one is, this beingness, consciousness. This knowledge does not refer to an individual, but to the sense of presence as a whole. Instead of accepting this knowledge as a total functioning, one wants to cut up the knowledge into bits and pieces, taking a part for himself, based on some concept. Any knowledge based on a concept is not true knowledge.
When you are dwelling in this consciousness you see that you are not doing anything, it is all happening spontaneously. There is no question of your trying to do anything. You cannot try to be your Self, because you are your Self.
June 27, 1981.
To be one with THAT because of which we know that we exist is meditation. There are a number of names which have been given to Gods. All of them represent the same thing - they represent this knowledge that one is, this beingness, consciousness. This knowledge does not refer to an individual, but to the sense of presence as a whole. Instead of accepting this knowledge as a total functioning, one wants to cut up the knowledge into bits and pieces, taking a part for himself, based on some concept. Any knowledge based on a concept is not true knowledge.
When you are dwelling in this consciousness you see that you are not doing anything, it is all happening spontaneously. There is no question of your trying to do anything. You cannot try to be your Self, because you are your Self.
June 27, 1981.
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