Nisargadatta.. Consciousness is a useless fraud

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February 7, 1981

 

 

 

Q: I am becoming more aware of my " I Amness" as a product of the

food body.

 

M: You must be that principle prior to the emanation of the

word "I". Suppose I get a prick here – that principle prior to the

emanation of words and feelings, you are.

 

M: This knowingness, or understanding, is in the realm of

consciousness. Whatever you say that you know and feel is

consciousness only. The absolute is beyond this.

 

Q: In practice how can we go further?

 

M: Deal with the consciousness only, get to know it thoroughly.

That is all that can be done. Later on everything happen

spontaneously, doership goes.

 

Know the inside-out of consciousness and recognize it as useless; it

is a fraud. When you transcend it, you will say, "I can manage

without this". This is imperfect! Therefore, meditate in order to

know the consciousness.

 

Q: I have never been able to meditate.

 

M: When you were unaware of this message of " I AM". How did you

function? The questions I put, nobody can answer. All of you great

scholars, people with a lot of knowledge, have gone into quietude.

 

M: When your problems are solved, you are also solved; I want you to

dwell on that borderline of consciousness, no consciousness

 

 

 

Consciousness and the Absolute.. editor Jean Dunn