Vi hittar inte ut från våra tankar. Det är en loop som pågår i all oändlighet. Det är en falsk tro att det på något sätt går att tänka sig ur tankeprocessen. På så sätt går livet vidare mellan glädje och sorg, hopp och lidande.
Now I know there’s no easy ride.
I omedvetenhet är detta det normala. Det är en del av livet. En dans som tillsynes är slumpartad men som faktiskt leder oss framåt. Genom livskriser och insikter vi får till oss på olika sätt. Föds en längtan efter något mer.
Q: We are like animals, running around in vain pursuits and there seems to be no end to it. Is there a way out?
Nisargadatta: Many ways will be offered to you which will but take you round and bring you back to your starting point.
First realise that your problem exists in your waking state only, that however painful it is, you are able to forget it altogether when you go to sleep.
When you are awake you are conscious; when you are asleep, you are only alive.
Consciousness and life — both you may call God; but you are beyond both, beyond God, beyond being and not-being.
What prevents you from knowing yourself as all and beyond all, is the mind based on memory.
It has power over you as long as you trust it; don’t struggle with it; just disregard it. Deprived of attention, it will slow down and reveal the mechanism of its working. Once you know its nature and purpose, you will not allow it to create imaginary problems.Q: Surely, not all problems are imaginary.
There are real problems.Nisargadatta: What problems can there be which the mind did not create?