Nisargadatta Maharaj

The basic Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj  are complied in the book, I AM THAT. As some of you know, I was with Nisargadatta Maharaj for satsang in his home in Mumbai, which remains sweetly in my heart. Meetings with awakened saints and sages and angels are like that—no matter how brief they may be, they remain forever with us, because they are more real than anything. 

 

When seen through the eyes of enlightenment, nothing is ordinary, at least not not according to the way the unenlightened see. It's like seeing with the light of a thousand suns. Unawakened human beings see "through a glass darkly" as the New Testament says—with imperfect vision. When we awaken, we begin to see in a new way.

 

Question: I understand that everybody is under the obligation to realize. Is it his duty, or his destiny? 

 

Answer (Maharaj): Realization is the fact that you are not a person. Therefore, it cannot be the duty of the person, whose destiny is to disappear. Find out who he is and the imagined person will dissolve. Freedom is from something. What are you to be free from? Obviously, you must be free from the person you take yourself to be, for it is the idea you have of yourself that keeps you in bondage. I AM THAT

Spanish translation:

Pergunta: Entendo que todo mundo tem a obrigação de realizar. É seu dever ou seu destino?
Resposta (Maharaj): Realização é o fato de você não ser uma pessoa. Portanto, não pode ser dever da pessoa cujo destino é desaparecer. Descubra quem ele é e a pessoa imaginada se dissolverá. A liberdade é de alg
uma coisa. Do que você deve se libertar? Obviamente, você deve estar livre da pessoa que considera ser, pois é a ideia que você tem de si mesmo que o mantém em cativeiro. EU SOU ISSO

1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV:—12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.