Thursday, 1 December 2022

A character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity

Who is thinking in terms of self-improvement? Surely, an appearance in consciousness, a character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity considering itself subject to the workings of Karma.  • Realizing one's true nature requires no phenomenal effort. • What efforts can a shadow make to know its substance?  • Who is to do Sadhana and for what purpose?   • You are so attached to the show that you forget that you are not the character in the cinema, but its witness. • “Reincarnation exists as long as I am not realized” is like saying “The characters in the cinema are true as long as I don’t realize that it is a cinema.” • The cinema is an appearance whether you realize it or not. The entire world is an appearance to you, whether you realize it or not. • Karma and reincarnation are just false religious concepts, whether you are realized or not realized. • Can any amount of ‘sadhana’ done by the imaginary character in a cinema help to realize its true nature? How can a non-existent entity realize itself? How can a concept realize itself? • Then what is the solution? – Stop conceptualizing and spontaneously and directly apperceive things as they are. All knowledge is conceptual, therefore, untrue.

Who is thinking in terms of self-improvement? Surely, an appearance in consciousness, a character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity considering itself subject to the workings of Karma.
• Realizing one's true nature requires no phenomenal effort.
• What efforts can a shadow make to know its substance?
• Who is to do Sadhana and for what purpose?
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Pointers from N.M.


• You are so attached to the show that you forget that you are not the character in the cinema, but its witness.
• “Reincarnation exists as long as I am not realized” is like saying “The characters in the cinema are true as long as I don’t realize that it is a cinema.”
• The cinema is an appearance whether you realize it or not. The entire world is an appearance to you, whether you realize it or not.
• Karma and reincarnation are just false religious concepts, whether you are realized or not realized.
• Can any amount of ‘sadhana’ done by the imaginary character in a cinema help to realize its true nature? How can a non-existent entity realize itself? How can a concept realize itself?
• Then what is the solution? – Stop conceptualizing and spontaneously and directly apperceive things as they are. All knowledge is conceptual, therefore, untrue.

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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher of Advaita (Nondualism), and a Guru, belonging to the Navnath Sampradaya. Sri Nisargadatta, with his direct and minimalistic explanation of non-dualism, is considered the most famous teacher of Advaita since Ramana Maharshi. In 1973, the publication of his most famous and widely-translated book, "I AM THAT", an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers.

According to Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, the purpose of spirituality is simply to know who you are. His discussions are not for academic scholars. He is a rebellious spirit, abrupt in his style of discussion, provocative, and immensely profound, cutting to the core and wasting little effort on inessentials. He talked about the 'direct way' of knowing the Final Reality, in which one becomes aware of one's original nature through mental discrimination, breaking the mind's false identification with the ego, knowing that "You are already That".

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