MEANS FOR SELF-REALIZATION (Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)
Questioner : when asked about the means for self-realization,
you invariably stress the importance of the mind dewelling on the sense ' I am
'. Where is the causal factot ? Why should this particular thought result in
self-realization ? How does the contemplation of ' I am' affect me ?
Maharaj : The very fact of observation alters the observer
and observed. After all, what prevents the insight into one's true nature is
the weakness and obtuseness of the mind and its tendency to skip the
subtle and focus the gross only. When you follow my advice and try to keep your
mind on the notion of 'I am' only, you become fully aware of your mind and its
vagaries. Awareness, being lucid harmony (sattva) in action, dissolves dullness
and quietens the restlessness of the mind and gently, but steadily changes its
very substance. This change need not be spectacular; it may be hardly
noticeable; yet it is a deep and fundamental shift from darkness to light, from
inadvertence to awareness. For this, keep steadily in the focus of
consciousness the only clue you have : you certainty of being. Be With it, play
with it, ponder over it, delve deeply into it, till the shell of ignorance
breaks open and you emerge into the realm of reality.
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