"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

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Throw Away

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

July 26, 1980.

Go back to the source; before this concept of beingness, "I Am", arose, what was your state?

Q. I don't know.

That which you don't know, that is the right state. Everything that comes after this consciousness is attained, is like a dose of salts - it is useless, consciousness is useless.

Throw away every thought, every experience, everything that happens after the consciousness has come. Other than throwing it away as useless, there is nothing to be done beyond this firm understanding in which you become more and more absorbed.

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