Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
April 19, 1980.
Q: In the old days, it says in the Upanishads, any disciple had to stick close to the Guru for one year without opening his mouth, and only then he could ask questions.
When he sits in close proximity to a Guru the capacity of his beingness to receive this teaching becomes mature. His capacity to understand increases. It arises within him, it does not come from outside him.
You must come to a firm decision. You must forget the thought that you are a body and be only the knowledge "I Am", which has no form, no name. Just be. When you stabilize in that beingness it will give all the knowledge and all the secrets to you, and when the secrets are given to you, you transcend the beingness, and you, the Absolute, will know that you are also not the consciousness. Having gained all this knowledge, having understood what is what, a kind of quietude prevails, a tranquility. Beingness is transcended, but beingness is available.
Q: What is that state?
It is something like a deer taking rest in the shadow of a tree. The color of the shadow is neither ligh nor very dark, this is the borderland. Neither jet black not very bright, halfway between them, that is that shadow. Deep blue, like clouds, that is that state. That is also the grace of the Sat-Guru. Everything is flowing out of that state, but this principle does not claim anything, is not involved in anything that is coming out of it, but this beingess is available. That deep, dark blue state, the grace of the Sat-Guru. This is the state of the jnAni, this is a very, very, rare, natural samAdhi state, the most natural state, the highest state.
The darkness that you see when you close your eyes, that is the shadow of the Guru's grace; don't forget it, always keep it in mind. Take rest in the shadow of the Guru's grace. Whenever you remember the words of the Guru, you are in the shade of the Guru's grace.
Ultimately, everything merges into the Self. You may come across great difficulties, but your courage and stability in the Self should be firm.
April 19, 1980.
Q: In the old days, it says in the Upanishads, any disciple had to stick close to the Guru for one year without opening his mouth, and only then he could ask questions.
When he sits in close proximity to a Guru the capacity of his beingness to receive this teaching becomes mature. His capacity to understand increases. It arises within him, it does not come from outside him.
You must come to a firm decision. You must forget the thought that you are a body and be only the knowledge "I Am", which has no form, no name. Just be. When you stabilize in that beingness it will give all the knowledge and all the secrets to you, and when the secrets are given to you, you transcend the beingness, and you, the Absolute, will know that you are also not the consciousness. Having gained all this knowledge, having understood what is what, a kind of quietude prevails, a tranquility. Beingness is transcended, but beingness is available.
Q: What is that state?
It is something like a deer taking rest in the shadow of a tree. The color of the shadow is neither ligh nor very dark, this is the borderland. Neither jet black not very bright, halfway between them, that is that shadow. Deep blue, like clouds, that is that state. That is also the grace of the Sat-Guru. Everything is flowing out of that state, but this principle does not claim anything, is not involved in anything that is coming out of it, but this beingess is available. That deep, dark blue state, the grace of the Sat-Guru. This is the state of the jnAni, this is a very, very, rare, natural samAdhi state, the most natural state, the highest state.
The darkness that you see when you close your eyes, that is the shadow of the Guru's grace; don't forget it, always keep it in mind. Take rest in the shadow of the Guru's grace. Whenever you remember the words of the Guru, you are in the shade of the Guru's grace.
Ultimately, everything merges into the Self. You may come across great difficulties, but your courage and stability in the Self should be firm.
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