Resumo de Consciousness And The Absolute

Sri Nisargadutta Maharaj was one of
the greatest spiritual masters of modern India. He lived in utter simplicity in his
upstairs room, at Bombay. For forty years avid seekers from all over the world came to him
with their unresolved problems. This book, edited by his disciple, Jean Dunn contains
his talks (translated from the original Marathi which the master spoke) during
the final phases of his life.

The Maharaj (a title of great
reverence) is unique in his teachings. In his talks there are no references to
any formal religious texts, scriptures, works. He responds to the question
directly from the depths of the Original Source. To follow his talks is arduous
and awe-inspiring. It demands of all our energies and a totally dedicated
attention. He responds to each seeker shoving aside the seeker?s individual
background such as country, religion, caste, education, status, experience,
everything.

What then remains will be the seeker?s
sense of existence only. And then the master dispassionately puts a grenade
under it ! Booming from his Original Source he declares that even that sense of
individual existence is a grand illusion !

Many spiritual gurus prescribe
elaborate praxes to deal with the defects and inadequacies of their disciples.
They guide them step by step. But Nisrgadutta Maharaj just mows down any and
all those concepts that address to the seeker as an individual. Repeatedly,
during his talks he emphatically declares that the sense of a separate
individuality itself is a fundamental illusion. There is only the eternal
all-pervading Absolute. As long as one looks at this vast phenomenal world and
oneself from the standpoint of an individual one is imprisoned in the ever
expanding never ending spiral of illusion. To drive home the point deeper, the
Maharaj declares that you are not your body! The toughest thing to understand!

He exemplified it in his own life, we
are told. He was suffering from cancer during his final days. Even then
visitors from all over the world would come to him. He continued holding
conversations with them. He would refer to his own body and pain from the
grandstand of Cosmic consciousness.

While reading the book the reader
feels as if he is in the presence of the Maharaj. The reader can understand
that the master was not giving any ?discourse? as such, but that the Maharaj
was firmly established in Truth and was pointing out the Absolute Truth to all
seekers at all times. Nothing less, nothing more.

This is not a book to read casually
and put aside. It is a lifelong companion.

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