Nis'consciousness

[Guest guest]

Godman: " During the years that I visited it was possible to meditate

in his (Niz') room in the early morning. I forget the exact timings,

but I think that it was for an hour and a half. Maharaj would be

there, but he would be going about his normal morning activities. He

would potter around doing odd jobs; he would appear with just a towel

around his waist if he was about to have a bath; sometimes he would

sit and read a newspaper. I never got the feeling that he was making

a conscious effort to teach in silence in the way that Ramana

Maharshi did by looking at people and transmitting some form of

grace. However, he did seem to be aware of the mental states of all

the people who were sitting there, and he not infrequently complained

about them.

 

'I know who is meditating here and who is not,' he suddenly announced

one morning, 'and I know who is making contact with his beingness.

Only one person is doing that at the moment. The rest of you are all

wasting your time.' Then he carried on with whatever he was doing.

It was true that many people didn't go there to meditate. They just

saw it as an opportunity to be with him in his house. They might be

sitting cross-legged on his floor, but most of the time they would be

peeping to see what he was doing instead of meditating.

One morning he got tired of being spied on this way and

exploded: 'Why are you people cluttering up my floor like this? You

are not meditating; you are just getting in the way! If you want to

go and sit somewhere, go and sit on the toilet for an hour! At least

you will be doing something useful there.' "

 

 

P; Yes that's good, Don. Brains have

the ability to mimic another person's

brain states, as subatomic particles have

the ability to mimic each other's states.

Those people sitting around Nis could have

instantly known how it felt to be him, as

he knew how it felt to them. Why, then,

were they not doing so? And why are you not

like Amma? You have that same capacity. So

next time you go to see her, be like her.

Matter of fact, you don't need to go again,

you could do it right now, or... you could

sit on the toilet. She does that too, you know? ))

 

Pete