Guest guest Report post Posted March 30, 2001 Nisargadatta said this once (paraphrased) -- " Freedom from desire means this -- the compulsion to satisfy is absent. " The manifest is, in a sense, the desire to be. Applying this to Nisargadatta's statement above seems interesting :-). When there is not the compulsion to satisfy 'the desire to be' -- to BE is the default, " the need to verbalize the I AM is over. " Love, Tim > Nisargadatta, elizabethwells2001 wrote: > > > > You know, as Maharaj in effect says, > > the mind wants something > > it can put in it's pocket. > > > > And this just doesn't work that way! > > > > Haaaaaa. > > > > El Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites