Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
December 13, 1980
The Absolute is unicity, by Itself, but it is expressed in manifold ways and forms. As Absolute I have no experience of myself. The devotion without another is devotion to the Self, where there is no duality. Once the duality comes, the devotion is divided between subject and object. Before birth we were not conscious of ourself; only when a foreign element, the birth, was introduced, did we become conscious of ourself. Apprehending this is awakening and for this there is no path or technique. This is so subtle that I would like to speak more about it, but it is physically impossible for me to speak more than a few words. What I speak about openly, others will not. The amount of receptivity each one has depends on his own luck. Understand also that what you hear from me you cannot utilize. Whatever you hear will spontaneously do what it likes.
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