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64. The Father of My Soul28 May 202400:32:38

Is Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj a kind of "father to the soul" of his followers? Is he a father to your soul? In what way? [Comments welcome!]


“Who am I, finally, when I’m not playing? A poor orphan left out in the cold among sensations, shivering on the street corners of Reality, forced to sleep on the steps of Sadness and to eat the bread offered by Fantasy. I was told that my father, whom I never knew, is called God, but the name means nothing to me. Sometimes at night, when I’m feeling lonely, I call out to him with tears and form an idea of him I can love. But then it occurs to me that I don’t know him, that perhaps he’s not how I imagine, that perhaps this figure has never been the father of my soul…”


-Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet)

63. I Am (Lucid Dreaming) That?12 May 202400:34:08

“An episode chiefly inspired by a 10 second piece of animation by Alyssa ⁠on her YouTube channel⁠.

Check out the full TWELVE SECOND video (plot-twist?)⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠.

Also, if you enjoyed the vid version of this on Spotify, please consider subscribing to my new YouTube Channel Living The Book of Disquiet, for more of these 🙏🏼

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This episode is also inspired by the following quote from fragment 32 of Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet:

Underlying everything, the hushed night was the tomb of God (and my soul felt sorry for God).”

OTHER TOPICS THAT CROP UP

-Lucid Dreaming: Rob’s experiences with lucid dreaming and the techniques he used to achieve it (counting backwards, repeating a phrase while falling asleep).

-Finding Beauty in the Mundane: the concept of cultivating a "waking dream" mentality, where one finds wonder and beauty in everyday experiences. Cf. Eckhart Tolle/Nisargadatta.

The Yearning for Connection: Lost loves, and the desire to recapture those feelings of connection and shared experiences. The possibility of finding a similar connection through lucid dreaming.

-Techniques for Lucid Dreaming: dream journaling, sensory deprivation, and meditation.

Life as a Waking Dream: living one’s life as a lucid dream state, rather than feeling trapped in our waking nightmares.

-In The Forest of Estrangement: A text written in 1912 and forming the initial foundations for TBOD according to a letter to João de Lebre e Lima, in which FP talks about his new project. Read both the letter, as well as In The Forest of Estrangement ⁠here⁠.

54. Body and Mind are Symptoms of Ignorance18 Feb 202400:42:03

We're back! Massive thanks to Marc for agreeing to co-read and talk about this super-poetic and rich dialogue with me.


Imagine you're playing a video game where you can switch between different characters: one character is the "Person," another is the "Witness," and the ultimate level is becoming the "Absolute."


1. Person: This is like your character in the game. It's what you control and move around with, dealing with all the game's challenges. In real life, this refers to you with your body, thoughts, and feelings.


2. Witness: Imagine this as the camera following your character around in the game. It sees everything your character does but isn't actually doing any of it. The Witness is like a part of you that watches everything you do, think, or feel but doesn't get involved.


3. Absolute: Now, think of this as the entire game itself—the world, the rules, everything. It's the big picture that includes all the characters, the witnesses, and even things you can't see or haven't discovered yet. The Absolute is reality at its most fundamental, beyond time and space, and it's what everything else comes from.


Maharaj talks about three kinds of "spaces" to help us understand how everything is connected:


- Mahadakash: This is like the physical world in the game—the maps, the landscapes, everything you can see and interact with.

- Chidakash: This represents the mental space, like the game's storyline, the quests, and the decisions you make. It's all about perception and cognition.

- Paramakash: This is the ultimate level of the game—the code and logic that make up the game's universe. It's beyond the physical and mental, the source of everything.

The dialogue also touches on how we often confuse the "Person" (us playing the game) with the "Witness" (the camera/viewer) and the "Absolute" (the entire game). We get so caught up in our roles and stories that we forget they're all part of a bigger picture.

Maharaj encourages us to explore beyond our character in the game (our body and mind) and realize we're more like the game itself—vast, interconnected, and part of a larger reality. He suggests that understanding this can change how we see the world and ourselves, helping us to find true happiness and freedom from suffering.

It's a bit like realizing you're not just playing the game, but you're also the one watching it and, on an even deeper level, the one who created it. This shift in perspective is where the liberation occurs, making life's challenges feel less personal and overwhelming.

Glossary:

1. Person (Vyakti): Refers to the individual human being, characterized by physical and subtle bodies, perceived through the lens of personal identity.

2. Witness (Vyakta): The aspect of consciousness that observes or witnesses the phenomena of existence without being affected by them.

3. Absolute (Avyakta): The ultimate reality that is beyond time, space, and perception; the source of all existence and consciousness.

4. Mahadakash: The physical space or the "great space" that encompasses nature and all physical existences.

5. Chidakash: The "space of consciousness" or mental space where time, perception, and cognition occur.

6. Paramakash: The supreme or ultimate space that is beyond physical and mental realms, representing the infinite potentiality and essence of reality.

7. Vyakta and Avyakta: Manifest and unmanifest; used to describe the visible aspects of reality (vyakta) and the invisible, underlying essence (avyakta).

8. Chit: Pure consciousness or awareness, the fundamental essence of existence that knows and is known.

9. Gunas: Qualities or modes of nature in Indian philosophy, namely sattva (purity, harmony), rajas (activity, passion), and tamas (inertia, ignorance) that influence the behavior of all beings.

10. Viveka-Vairagya: Discrimination and dispassion; spiritual practices of discerning the real from the unreal and detachment from the non-essential.


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53. Desires Fulfilled, Breed More Desires06 May 202200:28:03

"Don't be anxious about your future - be quiet now and all will fall into place. The unexpected is bound to happen, while the anticipated may never come. Don't tell me you cannot control your nature. You need not control it. Throw it overboard. Have no nature to fight, or submit to. No experience will hurt you, provided you don't make it into a habit. Of the entire universe you are the subtle cause. All is because you are. Grasp this point firmly and deeply and dwell on it repeatedly. To realize this as absolutely true, is liberation."

52. Being Happy, Making Happy is the Rhythm of Life08 Apr 202200:40:14

Life: In your search for love what exactly are you searching for?

Questioner: Simply this: to love and to be loved.

51. Indifference to Pain & Pleasure25 Mar 202200:55:52

“Watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic. People come and go; you register without response. It may not be easy in the beginning, but with some practice you will find that your mind can function on many levels at the same time and you can be aware of them all. It is only when you have a vested interest in any particular level, that your attention gets caught in it and you black out on other levels. Even then the work on the blacked out levels goes on, outside the field of consciousness. Do not struggle with your memories and thoughts; try only to include in your field of attention the other, more important questions, like 'Who am l?' 'How did I happen to be born?' 'Whence this universe around me?'. 'What is real and what is momentary?' 

"No memory will persist, if you lose interest in it, it is the emotional link that perpetuates the bondage. You are always seeking pleasure, avoiding pain, always after happiness and peace. Don't you see that it is your very search for happiness that makes you feel miserable? Try the other way: indifferent to pain and pleasure, neither asking, nor refusing, give all your attention to the level on which 'I am' is timelessly present. Soon you will realise that peace and happiness are in your very nature and it is only seeking them through some particular channels, that disturbs. Avoid the disturbance, that is all. To seek there is no need; you would not seek what you already have. You yourself are God, the Supreme Reality. To begin with, trust me, trust the Teacher. It enables you to make the first step — and then your trust is justified by your own experience. In every walk of life initial trust is essential; without it little can be done. Every undertaking is an act of faith. Even your daily bread you eat on trust! By remembering what I told you you will achieve everything. I am telling you again: You are the all-pervading, all transcending reality. Behave accordingly: think, feel and act in harmony with the whole and the actual experience of what I say will dawn upon you in no time. No effort is needed. Have faith and act on it. Please see that I want nothing from you. It is in your own interest that l speak, because above all you love yourself, you want yourself secure and happy. Don't be ashamed of it, don't deny it. It is natural and good to love oneself. Only you should know what exactly do you love. It is not the body that you love, it is Life —perceiving, feeling, thinking, doing, loving, striving, creating. It is that Life you love, which is you, which is all. realise it in its totality, beyond all divisions and limitations, and all your desires will merge in it, for the greater contains the smaller. Therefore find yourself, for in finding that you find all. Everybody is glad to be. But few know the fullness of it. You come to know by dwelling in your mind on 'I am', 'I know', 'I love' — with the will of reaching the deepest meaning of these words.”

50. Self-awareness is the Witness11 Mar 202200:52:11


You say: You tell us that we can be considered under three aspects, and you then use three sanskrit terms for these aspects which, as far as I can tell, comes from a root verb meaning to smear (as in pigment or make-up). So when smeared around a self, we get a personal, or identity-focused human consciousness (vyakti). Another mode of being is that of the non-personal (vyakta): the smear suggesting that which the senses perceive as some thing, or object, or some kind of boundary. Finally there is a smear that doesn’t define or contain any one distinct entity, the Ultimate Smear, the Universal, the Real, pure I. The non-personal is the Ultimate Smear’s reflection in consciousness as ‘I am'. The personal is also the totality of physical and vital processes. Within the narrow confines of the present moment, person-focused states of consciousness are aware of themselves both in space and time; not only as individual people, but as a long series of people strung together on the thread of karma. The personal is a witnessing consciousness as well as the residue of these accumulated experiences, the seat of memory, the connecting link. It is part of our character which life builds and shapes from birth to birth. The Universal, however, the Ultimate Smear, is beyond all name and shape, other than what it imparts to consciousness as an echo. But it is ultimately beyond consciousness and character: pure unselfconscious being. Have I summarised your views as you see them? Life answers: On the level of the mind — yes. Beyond the mental level not a word applies. You say: I can understand that the person is a mental construct, a collective noun for a set of memories and habits. But, this consciousness to whom “the person” happens, the witnessing centre, is it mental too? Life answers:The personalised being needs a base, a body to identify itself with, just as a colour needs a surface to appear on. The seeing of the colour is independent of the colour — it is the same whatever the colour. One needs an eye to see a colour. The colours are many, the eye is single. The personalised being is like the light in the colour and also in the eye, yet simple, single, indivisible and unperceivable, except in its manifestations. Not unknowable, but unperceivable, un-objectival, inseparable. Neither material nor mental, neither objective nor subjective, it is the root of matter and the source of consciousness. Beyond mere living and dying, it is the all-inclusive, all-exclusive Life, in which birth is death and death is birth. You say: The Absolute or Life you talk about, is it real, or a mere theory to cover up our ignorance? Life answers:Both. To the mind, a theory; in itself — a reality. It is reality in its spontaneous and total rejection of the false. Just as light destroys darkness by its very presence, so does the absolute destroy imagination. To see that all knowledge is a form of ignorance is itself a movement of reality. The witness is not a person. The person comes into being when there is a basis for it, an organism, a body. In it the absolute is reflected as awareness. Pure awareness becomes self-awareness. When there is a self, self-awareness is the witness. When there is no self to witness, there is no witnessing either. It is all very simple; it is the presence of the person that complicates matters. See that there is no such thing as a permanently separate person and all becomes clear. Awareness — mind — matter — they are one reality in its two aspects, immovable and movable, with three attributes of inertia, energy and harmony. You say: What comes first: consciousness or awareness? Life answers:Awareness becomes consciousness when it has an object. The object changes all the time. In consciousness there is movement; awareness by itself is motionless and timeless, here and now. You say: There is suffering and bloodshed in Ukraine at the present moment. How do you look at it? How does it appear to you, how do y
48. The Mind's Addiction To Distinct Categories05 Mar 202200:52:27

"But when the part of us that say 'I am me, I am myself' leaves us be, what follows is often an 'I am all'. And again: when the 'I am all' goes, then we might experience the 'I am'. And when even an 'I am' consciousness goes, reality alone is and in it every 'I am' is preserved held dear. Diversity without separateness is the Ultimate that the mind can touch. Beyond that all activity ceases, because in it all goals are reached and all purposes fulfilled."

47. SEASON TWO: The Mind Is A River Flowing Ceaselessly In The Bed Of The Body 27 Feb 202200:56:14

Hello! Very excited to share a new episode of this podcast with you, and another chapter of "I Am That". 

In forthcoming episodes, Vimla Gulabani has kindly agreed to read the other part of the dialogue with me, as well as chat a bit about the text together. 

Also check out Vimla's podcast Coaching Confidential if that sounds like something that might interest you.

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46. Finding Your Self Beyond The Noise of Psychic Life16 Oct 202100:11:27

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45. Wise Self-Love Leads To Loving Others More Fully Too15 Oct 202100:24:57

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44. See That The World Is In You And Not You In It And All Suffering Will Cease14 Oct 202100:22:47

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62. An Arid Heart05 May 202400:30:21

"Sadly, or perhaps not, I recognize that I have an arid heart. An adjective matters more to me than the real weeping of a human soul. But sometimes I’m different."

-Fernando Pessoa

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I'm taking a bit of a break from Nisargadatta for a while. Heading off to do a bit of communing with another of my gurus (Fernando Pessoa) who I think still has a fair amount to teach me.

If you'd like to keep in touch, please consider joining us on Spotify (or iTunes) for more of this kind of soul-searching.


Thank you, friends.


🙏🏼🦋

42. Once You Realise That The World Is Your Own Projection, You Are Free From It13 Oct 202100:19:08

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41. Looking For A Love Supreme? Stop Making Use Of Your Mind!12 Oct 202100:18:06

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41. What Is Reality?11 Oct 202100:17:33

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40. Benign Control: What Is, Is Lovable10 Oct 202100:11:47

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39. Misery Is To Be Born, Not To Die09 Oct 202100:10:07

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38. Do You Know Yourself Enough To Know What You Can (And Cannot) Do?06 Oct 202100:12:10

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37. Trust, Test, Taste (What More Do You Need?)05 Oct 202100:18:17

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36. The Inner Child As An Obstacle to Freedom & Well Being 01 Oct 202100:21:20

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35. Is Spirituality a Retreat from the Suffering of Others?30 Sep 202100:19:55

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34. Can a Wise Human Animal Eat The Flesh and Milk of Non-Human Animals?29 Sep 202100:27:40

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61. Matter is Consciousness Itself28 Apr 202401:07:32

M: In my world love is the only law. I do not ask for love, I give it. Such is my nature. 

Q: I see you living your life according to a pattern. You run a meditation class in the morning, lecture and have discussions regularly; twice daily there is worship (puja) and religious singing (bhajan) in the evening. You seem to adhere to the routine scrupulously. 

M: The worship and the singing are as I found them and I saw no reason to interfere. The general routine is according to the wishes of the people with whom I happen to live or who come to listen. They are working people, with many obligations and the timings are for their convenience. Some repetitive routine is inevitable. Even animals and plants have their time-tables. 

Q: Yes, we see a regular sequence in all life. Who maintains the order? Is there an inner ruler, who lays down laws and enforces order? 

M: Everything moves according to its nature. Where is the need of a policeman? Every action creates a reaction, which balances and neutralises the action. Everything happens, but there is a continuous cancelling out, and in the end it is as if nothing happened. 

Q: Do not console me with final harmonies. The accounts tally, but the loss is mine. 

M: Wait and see. You may end up with a profit good enough to justify the outlays.

33. You Are Not a Person28 Sep 202100:18:49

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32. Give Your Real Being a Chance to Shape Your Life27 Sep 202100:21:11

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31. Going Beyond Content26 Sep 202100:19:59

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30. Finding A Foothold beyond the Mind25 Sep 202100:16:02

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29. Is Spirituality Just Pie-In-The Sky (Utopian) Imaginings, Or Something Else? 24 Sep 202100:16:42

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28. The Dream Of An Insect vs. The Dream Of A Poet23 Sep 202100:17:45

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27. Why Is There So Much Suffering In Love?14 Sep 202100:11:45

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26. There Are No Eternal Dreams13 Sep 202100:19:19

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25. Personality, An Obstacle?12 Sep 202100:15:20

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24. Find What You Have Never Lost11 Sep 202100:18:42

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60. Live Facts, Not Fancies21 Apr 202401:18:34

Q: What is necessary? M: To grow is necessary. To outgrow is necessary. To leave behind the good for the sake of the better is necessary. Q: To what end? M: The end is in the beginning. You end where you start — in the Absolute. Q: Why all this trouble then? To come back to where I started? M: Whose trouble? Which trouble? Do you pity the seed that is to grow and multiply till it becomes a mighty forest? Do you kill an infant to save him from the bother of living? What is wrong with life, ever more life? Remove the obstacles to growing and all your personal, social, economic and political problems will just dissolve. The universe is perfect as a whole and the part's striving for perfection is a way of joy. Willingly sacrifice the imperfect to the perfect and there will be no more talk about good and evil. Q: Yet we are afraid of the better and cling to the worse. M: This is our stupidity, verging on insanity.


23. The Great Heart Beats - And At Each Beat, A Universe Comes into Being Being09 Sep 202100:21:56

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22. Passionately Dispassionate08 Sep 202100:21:22

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21. Life Is Love & Love Is Life07 Sep 202100:14:14

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20. Find What You Have Never Lost,And What You Cannot Find07 Sep 202100:18:42

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19. When We Begin To Question The Dream That Is Our Lives, Awakening Is Not Far Away06 Sep 202100:21:04

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18. Know The Knowers And All Will Be Known05 Sep 202100:15:10

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17. Off The Thingy04 Sep 202100:21:44

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

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16. To Know What You Are, Find What You Are Not03 Sep 202100:10:35

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

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15. The Ever-Present02 Sep 202100:05:13

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

Info about this project: http://stevewasserman.co.uk/life-answers-a-complete-audiobook-reading-of-sri-nisargadatta-maharajahs-i-am-that/

14. Desire and Freedom01 Sep 202100:12:05

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

Info about this project: http://stevewasserman.co.uk/life-answers-a-complete-audiobook-reading-of-sri-nisargadatta-maharajahs-i-am-that/

59. Desire and Fear: Self-Centred States14 Apr 202401:09:00

Q: Do you advise shunning pleasure and pursuing pain? 

M: No, nor pursuing pleasure and shunning pain. Accept both as they come, enjoy both while they last, let them go, as they must. 

Q: How can I possibly enjoy pain? Physical pain calls for action. 

M: Of course. And so does Mental. The bliss is in the awareness of it, in not shrinking, or in any way turning away from it. All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious, the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance — these open deep and perennial sources of real happiness, true bliss. 

Q: Why should pain be more effective than pleasure? 

M: Pleasure is readily accepted, while all the powers of the self reject pain. As the acceptance of pain is the denial of the self, and the self stands in the way of true happiness, the wholehearted acceptance of pain releases the springs of happiness. 

Q: Does the acceptance of suffering act the same way? 


13. What Is Real?31 Aug 202100:08:05

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

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12. Causes and Causelessness30 Aug 202100:12:12

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

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11. Consciousness29 Aug 202100:15:08

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

Info about this project: http://stevewasserman.co.uk/life-answers-a-complete-audiobook-reading-of-sri-nisargadatta-maharajahs-i-am-that/

10. A Person Is Not Reality28 Aug 202100:09:37

This is an the next episode in my here-and-now, complete audiobook reading of Sri Nisargadatta Maharajah’s “I Am That”

Info about this project: http://stevewasserman.co.uk/life-answers-a-complete-audiobook-reading-of-sri-nisargadatta-maharajahs-i-am-that/

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