Just Be

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I would like to make room for newcomers. Eight days for them only; that should be sufficient for everyone. Some people I will request to stay; I can explain why. And some people, although they would like to stay, I will send away. There are various kinds of seekers. Some come exclusively for knowledge; they are not interested in the person who delivers it. Once they get the knowledge, they go. Other people want knowledge but for them the priority is guru worship. Devotion to the guru comes first and only incidentally they collect knowledge.

There are some great sages who in their seeker stage used todo devotion or worship of a god only for namesake, but because of their intensity of devotion reached their goal. The one who is doing devotion to his guru, to such a person even the god is devoted.

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People are visiting this place, I treat them with respect, and reply to all their questions. But this does not mean that I expect them to come daily. Although they come here, it does not mean that I am seeking their association. I would like to be alone.

Whatever natural experiences you encounter, just accept them as they come. Just be with them. Don't try to alter anything. Whatever is today, it never was; and whatever is today will never be in the future.

Knowing this entire game of consciousness or Maya, the great sage Jnaneshwar made his valedictory prayer before taking samadhi. He prayed to God and said: Let the desires of all be fulfilled. Any kind of desire! And then, let the bad people be punished and let good intentions develop in the hearts of people. In spite of that prayer, there was no change in the sum total of those bad things and good things. Finally, all this play - the sum total of all these bad and god things - is illusion only. And there is nobody responsible for the creation! It has spontaneously come about and ultimately it is an illusion. So there is no question of rectifying or preventing that. It will go on its own way.

There have been so many sages, japi - tapis, spiritual seekers of various orders, they have come and gone, but I raise no objection to whatever they say or the way they behave. I have no comments on them. I have come to the conclusion that the world is spontaneously there without any seed (cause); its creation is seedless, but in the world it is full of seeds  for me. Procreation or recreation is going on all the time.