Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
December 9, 1980
December 9, 1980
Q: Why is that India seems to be the cradle of this knowledge? No other country seems to have this knowledge.
That is not so. This manifestation is the expression of the Absolute, and the manifestation may take various forms in various countries. Where it takes what kind of expression is immaterial; basically all is the manifestation of the Absolute. There is no cause and effect, no reason why one thing should be in one place and something else in another. What is to be found out is what one is, by oneself.
Q: Can the Guru give a push toward that knowledge?
You think that you are one individual and the Guru is another individual but that is not so. Guru is the knower of this consciousness which is temporary. Understand this curious situation: while I am talking to you there is unbearable pain in the body. I have understood firmly that there are no individuals separate from one another. There is no Guru no disciple, there is no God and no devotee. There are no opposites - they are polaristic duality, not two separate parts, but two parts of the same one. I am convinced of that and yet I am talking to you. You accept it as knowledge and I give it as knowledge. Understand the amusing factor.
The talks emanate spontaneously out of me; prior to the emanation of the words there is no meaning fabricated inside. There is no part played by the mind. It is direct spontaneity.
Q: What is the definition of consciousness as used by Maharaj?
Consciousness, as it is used here, is this sense of being alive, of being present, the sense of existence. It is the love of being that is the source and cause of all desires.
Q: What is the definition of consciousness as used by Maharaj?
Consciousness, as it is used here, is this sense of being alive, of being present, the sense of existence. It is the love of being that is the source and cause of all desires.
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