Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Jan 19, 1981
Q: Am I to identify myself with consciousness?
M: What is this 'you' other than consciousness? Are they two? There is no entity who can do anything in the world; there is no entity who can do any spiritual search. If there is no entity there is no bondage and no liberation. Just understand this: there is nothing to be done. Whatever I am telling you, hear it and discard it. Before you acquired this body and had this sense of presence, tell me what had you done? After this sense of presence, the knowledge I AM, then you have been shown a sort of TV film: 'This is you family, these are your parents.' Do you personally have any experience of this?
Understand what has been created and will be destroyed; understand what you are that cannot suffer anything. I have come to the conclusion that consciousness and whatever appears in consciousness is nothing but a gigantic fraud. There is none who has committed this fraud - it is spontaneous happening. There is no perpetrator of this fraud.
This speck of consciousness creates Gods of mud and earth which, having been accepted, give us whatever we pray for. Having understood this fraud, also understand that there is nothing that can be done about it, therefore all that can happen is for the understanding to take place.
This body and the taste of the body - that is the understanding. Is not the body the essence of food and is not consciousness the nature of the essence of food? There is a very simple question one must keep in mind; what authority or control do I have over my own existence? Therefore what can one do by one's own efforts?
Understand that the total manifestation is the child of a barren woman, but, having understood it, give full attention to your work and let that work be done as efficiently as possible. Take good care of this work that you do in the world because it is an orphan.
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