Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
April 8, 1980.
When you wake up you have only the sense of being, without words, this is the primary principle, the prerequisite; later on you know fully you are and the world is, but that is an illusion, like the horns of a hare. The world is like the dream world, finally. Understand this point very thoroughly; you are dealing too much with the ego.
The Self is the world. You are talking about removing the identity between the Self and the world, aren't you? First of all, dispose of the Self, understand what the Self is. Get to know the Self first, then get to know what the world is. The reason the world appeared is that you came to know that you are.
Q: How can one lose the sensation of the world altogether and just be the Self?
Ask the sun, "How do you get rid of your light?" Light is the manifestation of the sun. Can you separate the light from the sun or the sun from the light? Because of the sun, the light is; because you are your world is.
Because the witnessing state happens, hence you are; because you are, witnessing is palpably felt; because the sun is, light is. If there is no witnessing, where is the witness? Dwell there.
April 8, 1980.
When you wake up you have only the sense of being, without words, this is the primary principle, the prerequisite; later on you know fully you are and the world is, but that is an illusion, like the horns of a hare. The world is like the dream world, finally. Understand this point very thoroughly; you are dealing too much with the ego.
The Self is the world. You are talking about removing the identity between the Self and the world, aren't you? First of all, dispose of the Self, understand what the Self is. Get to know the Self first, then get to know what the world is. The reason the world appeared is that you came to know that you are.
Q: How can one lose the sensation of the world altogether and just be the Self?
Ask the sun, "How do you get rid of your light?" Light is the manifestation of the sun. Can you separate the light from the sun or the sun from the light? Because of the sun, the light is; because you are your world is.
Because the witnessing state happens, hence you are; because you are, witnessing is palpably felt; because the sun is, light is. If there is no witnessing, where is the witness? Dwell there.
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