Prior to the State of Gods

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

June 26, 1981

[A mother and son came and garlanded Maharaj and distributed prasad to everyone present.]

The deep state of simple, innocent people comes to fruition in this fashion. She prayed that her son would pass the examination. Her own faith worked.

If you enjoy this relaxed state here, and if you become one with this state, you will also transcend this state. You will even transcend into a state prior to the birth of Gods.

With this understanding, do what you like. Carry out your worldly activities. When you understand the meaning of swa - the Self - there will be no room for selfishness.

Understand this thoroughly, abide in it, then in due course you will realize it. When the time is ripe, only then it will happen.

What is your worth? You are the consciousness through which the world is expressed. Abide in that worthiness. Don't step down into mind and the body. Again, you must have the firm conviction that you are unaffected by birth and death. You are like space, not only like space, you are prior to space.

That Ultimate you can never be lost. Whatever you have lost, you have lost only the words. 

I have told you enough and whatever you have heard, retain it, deliberate over it, ponder over it, and be one with that.