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Nisargadatta Maharaj
Consciousness and the Absolute

Acknowledgments

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaja's conversations were recorded on tape by N. Vanaya, who never missed a meeting. We are all grateful for her dedicated service.

I was with Maharaj constantly while the work of transferring conversations from tape into manuscript was going on, and I was transferring every day. With his blessing, I returned to America on April 24, 1981 and tried to get the conversations published before his death. However, they did not have time to go to print. Since Maharaj spoke only Marathi, interpreters were always present during his conversations. Chief among them were Saumitra K. Mullarpattan, who had been with Maharaj for many years, Ramesh S. Balsekar, who had been with Maharaj for the last three years, and Damayanti Dungaji, a long-time follower. I express my deepest gratitude to them.

I am especially grateful to Margery Russell for her assistance in preparing the manuscript for publication.

Remaining faithful to my Guru, Nisargadatta Maharaj, who wanted the conversations to be published without any changes, I did not edit the translation. Only punctuation marks were added, but the language and style remained original. In case readers have difficulty understanding some of the expressions, a glossary is provided at the end of the book.

Some of Maharaj's conversations are long-winded. This is explained by the fact that even towards the end of his life, when his body was already significantly weakened, Maharaj continued to shake the house with his teachings. This is never more evident than in his last words to us in Consciousness and the Absolute.

Preface

The teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj have been published in several books using the original question-and-answer format in which the teachings were given. Maurice Friedman's translation of I Am That and all subsequent collections of dialogues, including the present one, serve as pointers to the philosophy of Maharaj. Many Westerners began to follow his instructions after reading these writings. The next link in the golden chain of pointers is the book “Consciousness and the Absolute” presented to you.

This book contains the final part of the teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, his last dialogues with people who came from all over the world to listen to his words. These conversations, which took place in the last days of his life, were the culmination of the rare teaching that he transmitted to us; this is the pinnacle of his wisdom.

The stage for these conversations was a small room under the stairs, built by him about fifty years ago for his own meditation. How many seekers came to him seeking spiritual guidance over the course of forty years! Now the conversations that took place during his painful illness (cancer) were short and laconic. It was very obvious that although the body was in excruciating pain, he knew that he was not that body. Not a sound of suffering passed his lips, and we knew about the suffering of his body only because he himself spoke about it. His whole appearance was inspiring.

Maurice Friedman described his great teacher as "warm-hearted, gentle, possessed of an exceptional sense of humor, absolutely fearless and honest, inspiring and supportive of anyone who came to him." Others called him a tiger. He was everything you needed to be: kind, gentle, patient, harsh, obnoxious, impatient. Moods flowed through him like a summer breeze, barely touching him.

The full power of his message is focused on a single goal: “Throw away everything you read and hear, and just BE. Being the Absolute, you are not this “I Amness,” but now you are forced to be in it.” He says this over and over again. The constant repetition of his teachings is full of meaning for us, who have built a strong armor to protect our pseudo-selves: we need to constantly hit with a hammer so that the armor is broken. The verbose, repetitive style of his conversations is part of a wise approach to teaching.

He taught us to find out for ourselves, to weigh his words and ask ourselves: “Could this be true?” He said we need to find out what the body is, where it came from, examine it impartially, look at it without prejudice. It is soon revealed that it is just some kind of robot, programmed by others. We must return back to what allows us to know our existence in order to unite with it.

Abiding in the “I Amness” (or Consciousness, which is pure love), we will receive all answers from Consciousness itself. Right now we are Consciousness: not anyone's consciousness in particular, but impersonal, universal Consciousness. Over time, Consciousness will reveal to us that we are not even it, but the Eternal Absolute, unborn, undying.

During these last poignant conversations with those privileged to be in the presence of Maharaj, all the shades of his extraordinary wisdom were reflected.

May His blessing come upon you as you read these words.

Gene Dunn

May 1, 1980

Asking: How does a jnani see the world?

Maharaj: The Jnani knows about the source and value of consciousness - this being conscious of voluntarily. This very consciousness plays many roles, both happy and unhappy; but whatever they are, the jnani only observes them. Roles have no influence on the jnani.

All your problems are problems of the body-mind. But you still cling to the body. Considering yourself to be a body-mind, you construct sentences following certain polite forms of conversation. Me not. I may put you in an awkward position; you will not be able to accept what I say. I am not burdened with morality.

You are bound by your own ideas and judgments. In fact, you love only this sense of “I”, you do everything because of it. You do not work for anyone or for the people, but only for the sense of “I” that you love so much.

WITH: But I like to act, I like to work.

M: All these activities go on, but they are just entertainment. Waking and deep sleep come and go on their own. Through the sense of “I,” you voluntarily feel as if you are working. But find out whether this sense of “I” is real, whether it is permanent or impermanent.

The “I” that arises is unreal. I have proven how unrealistic it is. At the moment when the unreality of the “I” is proven, who is the one who knows about the unreality of the “I”? That knowledge within you that knows the unreality of the “I”, that knowledge that knows change, must itself be unchanging, constant.

You are an illusion Mayan, imagination. Only because I know the unreality of myself, I know that you are also unreal. It is not that because I am real, you are unreal. But here’s how: since I’m unreal, then everything is unreal.

Consciousness depends on the body, the body depends on the essence of food. This consciousness speaks now. If the essence of food is not there, the body cannot exist. Without a body, would I be able to speak?

Is there anything you can do to hold on to the sense of “I”? As it comes on its own, it will go away on its own. It will not warn you by announcing: “Tomorrow I will leave.”

A doubt has arisen and you are trying to find a solution - but who is the one who has the doubt? Find out for yourself.

May 10, 1980

Maharaj: How did I come to the truth that I exist forever? By choosing the meditator himself as the subject of meditation, dissolving the “I Amness” in the “I Amness.” It was only after this that I truly understood what my true nature was. The Great Sages meditated in the same way. Nobody told me how to do it. I did not seek knowledge about this outside. It grew from within.

I meditated like the Sages and saw something. In the beginning it was space, and in space I saw embodied principles. In fact, they do not have a specific embodiment, but in my vision they had a form. I called them Prakriti And Purusha– male and female aspects of cosmic consciousness.

Before the reunion of Prakriti and Purusha, the dynamic, all-pervasive consciousness was in a dormant state. At the moment of the union of the masculine and feminine aspects, the feminine principle was fertilized. The fetus formed in the womb began to take shape. After nine months of pregnancy, a baby was born.

This consciousness, placed in the womb, was the causal body, lingadeha. This causal body contained the germ of the knowledge 'I am'. This is what I saw in meditation.

Asking: How did we lose this pure state of consciousness?

M: Every creature is in a state Ishvara, actually or potentially, - but it is so involved in the objective world that it loses its individuality. You yourself should know this principle “I am.” It arises spontaneously, and conceptual life begins with it.

WITH: How can I start searching for my Self?

M: Start from the beginning. In this gross world, I began with my parents, because I knew very well that what constituted this body known to me already existed in the totality of the elements of their bodies. But I came to the conclusion that I could not be a collection of elements that came out of my mother's body.

Among those sitting here, no one is a hundred years old. But does this mean that a hundred years ago you did not exist?

WITH: I don't know.

M: The one who says “I don’t know” must have existed. Without going into detail, you weren't the same as you are now - but you had to be something. You must understand this correctly. A hundred years ago I was not the same as I am now, I was not like this person - but the one who is talking about this now still had to be there. And you were, you are: you remain forever.

What I am saying now, of course, does not agree with everyday knowledge. You are still not ready to give up either worldly knowledge or so-called spiritual knowledge, but through these concepts you want to understand the mystery of your own existence, and that is why you will not succeed.

Your true state is absolute bliss, not this perceived form. In that formless state you are full of bliss, but you have no experience of it. In this state there is no trace of grief or unhappiness, but only pure bliss. Tell me, what am I talking about now?

WITH: This is ananda (bliss).

M: Because you want to satisfy your own ideas, you are trying to define pure bliss. The term ananda has meaning only when it denotes something that the corporeal being is capable of experiencing. When you are deeply asleep and you start seeing forms, that is actually dreaming. Don't you make these molds yourself? Whatever you see, even in the waking state, does not it come from the sense of your existence residing in the body?

In deep sleep, consciousness was in a potential state. There were no bodies, concepts, barriers. With the onset of the state of awakening, with the emergence of the concept “I Am,” the love “I Am” awakens. That's what it is Mayan, illusion.

WITH: Is Maharaj trying to say by this that the one experiencing all these three states is the Self?

M: This is the state Saguna Brahman; through your existence all other states exist. The world of sleep is very old, it is not a new world. You see ancient statues in your dreams. Your beingness is a very powerful force.

The emergence of your beingness creates time. Everything is being, but I, the Absolute, am not it. There was space in my meditation, there was a moment when two forms emerged from formlessness - Prakriti And Purusha– and the essence of these forms was the knowledge “I Am”. At first there were no forms, then forms appeared - exactly like in the world of dreams.

As a dreamer you lie in your bed at home, but in the dream world you see your body and you think it is you - and you act as this dream body, through it. Bodies in the so-called waking state are created in exactly the same way.

Able Prakriti And Purusha there are no forms and it is eternal, it has neither beginning nor end. But from it the five elements emerge and they form the body - the very moment the experience of time appears. This process continues endlessly, and your body-form simply gives you the opportunity to experience time. What I say is not accessible to everyone.

At the moment of so-called death, in what capacity would you like to leave?

WITH: Like Parabrahman.

M: The absolute that I call Parabrahman- what is he like? All you do is multiply words, multiply concepts.

C: Maharaj must save me from all this.

M: Who do you think you are?

WITH: I need your blessing to understand who I am.

M: You are a real expert in wordplay. When I talk about knowledge beyond the manifest world, you try to understand it through words and concepts. Throw away all these concepts and explore the nature of your existence. How did you come to be? Think about it, take a closer look! The true grace of the Guru manifests itself when your own knowledge grows within you.

May 14, 1980

Maharaj: Doctors diagnosed this body with cancer. Is there anyone else who would be as joyful with such a serious diagnosis? You perceive the world directly, observe it directly. Everything that happens happens at this level, but I am not at this level. I became disidentified with Sattva Guna, with being.

The final stage in spirituality is a state when no needs are perceived anymore, when nothing is any longer useful. This condition is called Nirvana, Nirguna, and this is the Eternal and Ultimate Truth. The essence and final result of the entire current conversation is called Satguru Parabrahman– a state of lack of needs.

After the collapse of the Universe, when everything disappears to the last particle of the universe, only my perfection remains. While going through the creation and destruction of the entire Universe, I remain unaffected. I have not explained this before: I have never experienced the creation and destruction of the universe. I am the first cause, transcending all creation and destruction. This is my essence, but so is yours, although you don’t realize it, valuing your existence. This can only be understood by receiving unshakable faith from the inner Satguru of Parabrahman. This state, this source- Parabrahman eternal, and besides, he Satguru. He is an essential property of every follower of the Guru.

July 29, 1980

Asking: Why did consciousness arise?

Maharaj: You are both the question and the answer. All your questions arise from identification with the body. How can we answer the question concerning what was before the body and consciousness? There are yogis who have sat in meditation for years, trying to get answers to such questions, but they have not achieved understanding. What do you have to complain about?

WITH: This is a great secret.

M: This is a secret only to the ignorant. For one who is not identified with the body, it is no longer a mystery.

M: I'm telling you, but you don't listen.

WITH: Does Maharaj perceive us as individuals?

M: There are no individualities; there are only bodies consisting of food and having the knowledge “I am.” There is no difference between an ant, a human being and Ishvara - their essence is one. The body of an ant is small, but the body of an elephant is large. Their power is different due to their size, but their vitality is the same. Knowledge requires a body.

WITH: How did Maharaj get the name Nisargadatta?

M: At one time I wrote poetry. Poems just flowed out of me, and to this flow I simply attributed: Nisargadatta. I reveled in poetry until my Guru warned me: “You are enjoying this writing too much, stop!”

What was he leading to? His goal was my merger with the absolute, instead of enjoying existence.

This is how I gained knowledge, not through mental manipulation. My Guru said, “That’s it,” and that’s how it was all over for me! If you remain in the realm of the intellect, you will become entangled in more and more concepts.

Consciousness is time, flowing forever. But I – the Absolute – will not always be accompanied by consciousness, because it is bound by time. When existence ends, the Absolute will not know that “I am.” Appearance and disappearance, birth and death, all this concerns existence; but these are not your qualities, they do not concern you. When you urinate there is a stench - are you that smell?

WITH: No.

M: This existence is like that urine. So can you be this existence?

WITH: This is absolutely impossible!

M: You don't need it anymore sadhana. The words of the Guru decided everything for you.

October 5, 1980

Maharaj: I have no personality. I don't take any personal position. Whatever happens in manifest consciousness simply happens.

People think of me as something according to their own concepts, and they do what their concepts tell them. And this, too, consciousness that manifests itself is nothing else. Who is he who speaks, walks, sits? These are all expressions of this chemical “I am.” Are you this chemistry? You keep talking about heaven and hell, about this holy man (Mahatma) or that – but what about you? Who you are?

In meditation one gets many visions. They occur as a result of chemical reactions, all this happens in the field of your consciousness, doesn’t it? All these things are connected only with chemistry, only with what is born. You are not this chemical “I am”!

Spiritual knowledge should not be studied. This knowledge is gained by listening. When a person hears it and accepts it, something clicks in him.

This “I Amness” is actually separateness. This is an expression of duality.

November 8, 1980

Asking: Why do we usually think of ourselves as separate beings, individuals?

Maharaj: Your thoughts about yourself as an individual are not really your thoughts; These are all collective thoughts. You think of yourself as having thoughts, but actually thoughts arise in the mind.

As our spiritual knowledge increases, the identification with the body-mind fades and the individual's consciousness expands into the universal consciousness. The life force continues to operate, but thoughts and actions are no longer limited by the individual. They become a manifestation of totality. It is similar to the action of the wind: the wind does not blow for the sake of anyone in particular, but for the sake of the universal manifestation.

WITH: As individuals, can we return to the source?

M: As an individual – no; the feeling 'I am' must return to its own source.

Now your consciousness has become identified with the form. Later it will understand that it is not a form and will move deeper. In some cases it can reach space, and very often it stops there. In very rare cases it reaches its real source, beyond all conditioning.

It is very difficult to give up identification with the body. I'm not talking to the individual, I'm talking to consciousness. Consciousness must find its source. Existence arises from non-existence. Smoothly, like twilight, the feeling “I am” descends, and suddenly space appears. Air, fire, water and earth begin to move in this space. All these five elements are just you. Everything comes from your consciousness. There is no individuality. There is only you: the totality of what is happening is you, consciousness is you.

You are consciousness; the names of all gods are your names. But by clinging to the body you become temporary and mortal, limiting yourself.

I am the entire Universe. Being the Universe, I do not need anything, being everything. But I squeezed myself into this small body, became only a part and became needy. The body needs so much.

Do you exist in the absence of a body, and have you existed before? Are you there, and have you been there? Reach the state that is and was before the body. Your true nature is open and free, but you hide it by giving it different forms.

November 9, 1980

Asking: Should we teach children the dispassion that Maharaj teaches us?

Maharaj: No: if they do this, they will not have the desire to grow up; Growing up requires certain ambitions and desires.

One who has finally known himself will not try to interfere with the game of consciousness. There is no creator endowed with unlimited intelligence, this whole game happens on its own. There is no intention behind it, so don't put yours into it by trying to change anything; leave everything as it is. Your mind is only the result of this process, so how can it be responsible for the entire creation or even comprehend it? Explore yourself - that is the purpose of your existence.

Spirituality is nothing more than an understanding of the play of consciousness; try to discover what the problem is by looking for its source.

November 12, 1980

Maharaj: "I Amness", manifestation Brahmana, Ishvara, – it’s all one; meditate on this and understand. It's rare that such detailed explanations are given - take full advantage of them.

You are a manifestation Brahmana. I have said many times what your real state is, but due to habit you again fall into identification with the body. The time has come to give up this identification. The body will act until it falls away, but you should not become identified with this activity.

Asking: How do we do this?

M: The body is perceived, which means you are not the body. Breath is perceived, which means you are not breath. Similarly, you are not consciousness, but you have to become consciousness. After gaining stability in consciousness, disidentification with the body and its manifestations occurs by itself. This is a voluntary renunciation, not intentional.

This does not mean that you need to neglect everyday responsibilities; fulfill them to the fullest.

WITH: Shouldn't we rediscover our childlike spontaneity?

M: Understand how a child comes into being. A child is a product of the father's sperm and the mother's egg. Consciousness resides in the child as well as in the parents; it is always the same consciousness, whether in a child or in an adult. There is only one consciousness. You need to become one with it and establish yourself in it, and then transcend it. Consciousness is all you have. Understand this.

How much do you know yourself?

WITH: I fell at the feet of the Satguru, I know nothing more.

M: Keep doing this, but you should understand the meaning of the expression "to be at the feet" Satguru" Understand it this way: just as movement begins with the foot, so it begins from ignorance to knowledge. When knowledge comes, - Satguru moves. Go to the source of this movement, to where the “I Amness” begins. The efforts of the one who stopped moving will not be in vain. Be at the feet Satguru, this is the border between knowledge and ignorance.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaja's conversations were recorded on tape by N. Vanaya, who never missed a meeting. We are all grateful for her dedicated service.

I was with Maharaj constantly while the work of transferring conversations from tape into manuscript was going on, and I was transferring every day. With his blessing, I returned to America on April 24, 1981 and tried to get the conversations published before his death. However, they did not have time to go to print. Since Maharaj spoke only Marathi, interpreters were always present during his conversations. Chief among them were Saumitra K. Mullarpattan, who had been with Maharaj for many years, Ramesh S. Balsekar, who had been with Maharaj for the last three years, and Damayanti Dungaji, a long-time follower. I express my deepest gratitude to them.

I am especially grateful to Margery Russell for her assistance in preparing the manuscript for publication.

Remaining faithful to my Guru, Nisargadatta Maharaj, who wanted the conversations to be published without any changes, I did not edit the translation. Only punctuation marks were added, but the language and style remained original. In case readers have difficulty understanding some of the expressions, a glossary is provided at the end of the book.

Some of Maharaj's conversations are long-winded. This is explained by the fact that even towards the end of his life, when his body was already significantly weakened, Maharaj continued to shake the house with his teachings. This is never more evident than in his last words to us in Consciousness and the Absolute.

Preface

The teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj have been published in several books using the original question-and-answer format in which the teachings were given. Maurice Friedman's translation of I Am That and all subsequent collections of dialogues, including the present one, serve as pointers to the philosophy of Maharaj. Many Westerners began to follow his instructions after reading these writings. The next link in the golden chain of pointers is the book “Consciousness and the Absolute” presented to you.

This book contains the final part of the teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, his last dialogues with people who came from all over the world to listen to his words. These conversations, which took place in the last days of his life, were the culmination of the rare teaching that he transmitted to us; this is the pinnacle of his wisdom.

The stage for these conversations was a small room under the stairs, built by him about fifty years ago for his own meditation. How many seekers came to him seeking spiritual guidance over the course of forty years! Now the conversations that took place during his painful illness (cancer) were short and laconic. It was very obvious that although the body was in excruciating pain, he knew that he was not that body. Not a sound of suffering passed his lips, and we knew about the suffering of his body only because he himself spoke about it. His whole appearance was inspiring.

Maurice Friedman described his great teacher as "warm-hearted, gentle, possessed of an exceptional sense of humor, absolutely fearless and honest, inspiring and supportive of anyone who came to him." Others called him a tiger. He was everything you needed to be: kind, gentle, patient, harsh, obnoxious, impatient. Moods flowed through him like a summer breeze, barely touching him.

The full power of his message is focused on a single goal: “Throw away everything you read and hear, and just BE. Being the Absolute, you are not this “I Amness,” but now you are forced to be in it.” He says this over and over again. The constant repetition of his teachings is full of meaning for us, who have built a strong armor to protect our pseudo-selves: we need to constantly hit with a hammer so that the armor is broken. The verbose, repetitive style of his conversations is part of a wise approach to teaching.

He taught us to find out for ourselves, to weigh his words and ask ourselves: “Could this be true?” He said we need to find out what the body is, where it came from, examine it impartially, look at it without prejudice. It is soon revealed that it is just some kind of robot, programmed by others. We must return back to what allows us to know our existence in order to unite with it.

Abiding in the “I Amness” (or Consciousness, which is pure love), we will receive all answers from Consciousness itself. Right now we are Consciousness: not anyone's consciousness in particular, but impersonal, universal Consciousness. Over time, Consciousness will reveal to us that we are not even it, but the Eternal Absolute, unborn, undying.

During these last poignant conversations with those privileged to be in the presence of Maharaj, all the shades of his extraordinary wisdom were reflected.

May His blessing come upon you as you read these words.

Gene Dunn

Asking: How does a jnani see the world?

Maharaj: The Jnani knows about the source and value of consciousness - this being conscious of voluntarily. This very consciousness plays many roles, both happy and unhappy; but whatever they are, the jnani only observes them. Roles have no influence on the jnani.

All your problems are problems of the body-mind. But you still cling to the body. Considering yourself to be a body-mind, you construct sentences following certain polite forms of conversation. Me not. I may put you in an awkward position; you will not be able to accept what I say. I am not burdened with morality.

You are bound by your own ideas and judgments. In fact, you love only this sense of “I”, you do everything because of it. You do not work for anyone or for the people, but only for the sense of “I” that you love so much.

WITH: But I like to act, I like to work.

M: All these activities go on, but they are just entertainment. Waking and deep sleep come and go on their own. Through the sense of “I,” you voluntarily feel as if you are working. But find out whether this sense of “I” is real, whether it is permanent or impermanent.

The “I” that arises is unreal. I have proven how unrealistic it is. At the moment when the unreality of the “I” is proven, who is the one who knows about the unreality of the “I”? That knowledge within you that knows the unreality of the “I”, that knowledge that knows change, must itself be unchanging, constant.

You are an illusion Mayan, imagination. Only because I know the unreality of myself, I know that you are also unreal. It is not that because I am real, you are unreal. But here’s how: since I’m unreal, then everything is unreal.

Consciousness depends on the body, the body depends on the essence of food. This consciousness speaks now. If the essence of food is not there, the body cannot exist. Without a body, would I be able to speak?

Is there anything you can do to hold on to the sense of “I”? As it comes on its own, it will go away on its own. It will not warn you by announcing: “Tomorrow I will leave.”

A doubt has arisen and you are trying to find a solution - but who is the one who has the doubt? Find out for yourself.

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I meditated like the Sages and saw something. In the beginning it was space, and in space I saw embodied principles. In fact, they do not have a specific embodiment, but in my vision they had a form. I called them Prakriti And Purusha- male and female aspects of cosmic consciousness.

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Description: This book is based on a simple but profound truth: the way the universe works holds important lessons about how the human mind works. Wolinsky applies the lessons of modern physics to psychology in an original, practical, and exciting way. The author of the book “The Trances People Live In: Healing Approaches in Quantum Psychology” offers a step-by-step tutorial on experiencing the fundamental...

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Author: Rudzitis Richard
Year of manufacture: 2016
Genre: Philosophy
Publisher: DIY Audiobook
Artist: BIGBAG
Duration: 02:34:33
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Activity. Consciousness. Personality (Leontyev A.N.)

ISBN: 5-89357-153-3, 5-7695-1624-0
Series: Classic educational book
Format: DjVu
Quality: Scanned pages + recognized text layer
Author: Leontyev A.N.
Year of manufacture: 2004
Genre: collection, psychology
Publisher: Smysl, Academia
Russian language
Number of pages: 352
Description: The publication is dedicated to the centennial anniversary of the outstanding Russian scientist A.N. Leontyev (1903–1979). "Activity. Consciousness. Personality" is one of his main books, from which psychology students still study in our country. The book also includes a number of works from the legacy of A.N. Leontyev, thematically close to this and...

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Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: A.Ch. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Abhay Charan
Year of manufacture: 2016
Genre: esoteric, philosophy
Publisher: DIY Audiobook
Artist: Ironclad
Duration: 02:43:58
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ISBN: 5-9763-0014-6, 0-9636001-2-5
Format: FB2, EPUB, eBook (originally computer)
Author: Richard Brody
Year of manufacture: 2007
Genre: Psychology, philosophy
Publisher: Generation
Russian language
Number of pages: 310
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Format: PDF, eBook (originally computer)
Author: Kolovorotny S.V.
Year of manufacture: 2012
Genre: Popular science literature
Publisher: LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Russian language
Number of pages: 81
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Sep
2018

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Author: Livanova Maria; Livanova Tatyana
Year of release: 2018
Genre: Livestock
Publisher: Can't buy it anywhere
Performer: Nenarokomova Tatyana
Duration: 17:49:34
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2008

Why are you stupid, sick and poor? And how to become smart, healthy and rich!

ISBN: 9785885036146
Format: DOC, eBook (originally computer)
Year of manufacture: 2007
Posted by Randy Gage
Genre: psychology
Number of pages: 82
Description: In this powerful and mind-expanding book, Randy Gage reveals the secrets to attracting health, happiness and prosperity. But be forewarned: the author says it all straight, bluntly, and with brutal honesty, exposing the secret influence of “mind viruses” that can program your subconscious and cause you to sabotage your own success. Millions of people around the world have abandoned limiting beliefs and achieved greater success thanks to...

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Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Randy Gage
Year of manufacture: 2010
Genre: Business, personal growth
Publisher: KropotkinBusiness Style
Performer: Vladimir Skromul
Duration: 06:47:22
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Mar
2015

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Format: audiobook, MP3, 192kbps
Author: Vadim Shlakhter
Year of manufacture: 2015
Genre: Psychology, NLP
Publisher: Peter
Performer: Roman Andronov
Duration: 04:02:45
Description:
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Nisargadatta Maharge

Consciousness and the Absolute

Preface

The teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj were published in the form of several books using a question-answer format in which these teachings were given. Maurice Friedman's translation of I Am That and all subsequent collections of dialogues, including the one presented here, serve as pointers to Maharaj's philosophy. Many Westerners began to follow his instructions after reading these writings. And now, in a golden chain of pointers, readers are presented with the book “ Consciousness and the Absolute».

In this book you will find the final teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, his last dialogues with people who came from all over the world. These conversations, which took place in the last days of his life, were the culmination of the rarest teachings that he transmitted to us, they were a collection of the very heights of his wisdom.

The stage for these conversations was a small room under the stairs that he had built some fifteen years ago for his own meditation. How many seekers have come here for spiritual guidance over fourteen years! At the end, when his illness (cancer) caused him acute pain, his phrases were short, laconic. And it was completely clear that although his body was in suffering, he himself was not this body. He knew that his body was suffering - he told us this; but no one ever heard a groan or complaint from his lips. It was amazingly inspiring just to look at this man.

Maurice Friedman described this great mentor as "gentle and warm, with a biting humor, absolutely fearless and truthful; encouraging, guiding and supporting all who came to him." Others compared him to a tiger. He was everything you could need: kind, affectionate, tolerant, rude and harsh, ruthless. Moods passed through him like a sea breeze, barely touching him.

The power of his messages can be heard in the very simplicity of the principle he repeatedly stated: “ Forget everything you have read or heard - and just BE. You, as the Absolute, are not this “I Amness”, but now you must abide in it"He repeated this again and again. But the very repetition of his teachings was significant, for we created a strong fence around this pseudo-ego, trying to protect it - so it took more than one blow to break it. Repeating the same instructions were part of his wise approach.

He taught us to find out for ourselves who we are, to reflect on his words and find out if they could be true? He said that a person must find out what the body is, where it came from; that he should examine it with an open mind and without judgment. And then the explorer will soon see that it is like a robot programmed by others. It turned us inward, letting us know what we are and become one with it.

Being in the “I Amness” (or Consciousness, which is pure love), this Consciousness itself gave us all the answers. At present, Consciousness is what we are - not personal consciousness, but impersonal, universal Consciousness. The time will come when Consciousness will reveal to us that we are not it - but the eternal Absolute, unborn and not knowing death.

All the shades of this man's extraordinary wisdom are reflected in these last conversations, subtle and insightful conversations with those who were fortunate enough to be in his presence. As you read these words, look for his blessings.

Gene Dunn

Asking: How does a jnani see the world?

Maharaj: The Jnani is aware of the origin and meaning of consciousness, that being that spontaneously blossomed within him. The same consciousness plays many roles, some happy, others unhappy. But whatever the role, the jnani just watches them happily. The roles have no effect on the jnani.

All your problems are body-mind problems. And even though this is so, you cling to the body. Since you have become identified with the body-mind, you have been using certain established rules of communication and expression. Me not. I'm embarrassing you; perhaps you cannot accept what I am saying. I am inappropriate and obscene.

You remain in your own concepts and concepts. In fact, you're only in love with this feeling myself; EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE BASED ON THIS. You do not work, you do not act for anyone else, neither for the nation, nor for humanity - but only from this sense of self that you love so much.

WITH. But I like to act. I like to work.

M: All these activities continue, but they are just entertainment. The stages of awakening and deep sleep come and leave you spontaneously. Through the sense of "I", you spontaneously feel that you like to act. But find out whether this is real me, whether it is permanent or impermanent.