Nisargadatta Maharaj - The Power of Awareness and Transcending the 'I Am" - Advaita

Key pointers from Nisargadatta on the power of awareness and transcending the 'I am' to the Absolute.
Taken from the text "I Am That" by Maharaj (translated by Maurice Frydman). These have been compiled and intended for deep listening and meditation.
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[@NanYar108]

There’s hardly anyone who cuts through the veil of ignorance as sharply as Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. So clear, simple though profound words without the need of any bloomy paraphrasing. Amazing! And all so lovingly read by you, Jayasara. Pure gratitude… 🙏🏻

[@arvndktwn]

thank you

[@josemagurascier]

Absolutely agree!! Never heard about him before finding this channel. Since he's become a major part of my spiritual journey!! So simple and yet soooooo profound!! Namaste

[@JimmyGray]

You said it. Hardly any one:)

[@MaheshMusicIndia]

Absolutely! Completely agreed. Not to be a non-dually OCD but His words are direct and non metaphorical which is exactly what experience can be. Though I must say after much spiritual exploration, I found the teachings of Shri Atmananda Krishna Menon to also be very powerful. Recommended reading : Notes on Spiritual Discourses Sister Samaneri, it would be a blessing if we could hear Atmananda's words in your voice. (I did find just one). Lots of love to you.

[@Brightandheavy]

I have to say I agree. I explore this channel deeply. I keep coming back to this Teacher. I am so very grateful. When it is skillful to assume a self

[@SuketaPatel]

Now I understand better “The Course in Miracles” theme: Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exist, herein lies the peace of God. 🙏🇨🇦❤️🌈🌎🦋

[@Yoganflogan]

I thought same! :)

[@ivettea6358]

yes, lately I too have been reminded of "Course In Miracles" after listening to Ruper Spira for few months and now being lead here..."teachings Seem to come to same place". Blessings :)

[@SuketaPatel]

@@ivettea6358 , I read the book years ago in the beginning of my awakening and contemplation...but it was difficult to follow.. It was a direct path to see clearer but I was still too lost to see the magnificence of it. Many events and drama had to take place instead for me to dig deeper into the light. A lot of baggage had to be thrown away for the purity to expand...even though it is always there. Thanks for sharing🙏🦋

[@otterrivers3765]

I highly recommend anyone who likes this teaching should listen to course in miracles. It is free on youtube.

[@uditkumarsahoo7742]

"...the mind is a cheat...the more pious it seems,worse is the betrayal.." I don't think I can get over this observation for quite some time to come....

[@claudelebel49]

"If you want to make real progress, you must give up all ideas of personal attainment."

[@lysechrist1947]

I listen to this over and over and over.... and I never tire of hearing the words.Thank you for recording it.

[@priortokaraew7569]

An entire life time spent with just any 5 words from Great Guru Nisargadatta, makes my entire existence worth it and salvaged.

[@DAra-fk6wu]

right....

[@realself9599]

In the silence of desire and thought.....the Truth is found.

[@KamranZParacha]

Only to be lost again

[@timcorter7991]

Lost or not recognized? Either way there will be pointers

[@vajraloka1]

@@KamranZParacha I like your honesty, many play it soooo cool. It's natural to "lose it again" it's part of the dynamic until you let go of attachments, fears, habit . NOT EASY . But eventually one realizes it's actually NOT LOST but just receded to the background. When ones attention has to be on the surface and involved in all manner of things then it SEEMS LOST ,definitely. BUT it's just underneath the surface. Lost in thought it seems gone . Especially BEING So subtle. But one can't truly lose oneself, the thought "it's gone" "I only feel sense pain" etc is a real experience but yet only thought interpretation of other thoughts or sense experience, the self doesn't care as it is Always there ,but underneath, and actually the illusions are the creative play of "shakti" the source "shiva"

[@KamranZParacha]

By truth I meant the feeling of it, the experience of it. Intellectually understanding it makes no difference, it just reminds us of the "truth", but the feeling of it fades away.

[@prakasams529]

Also craziness

[@onlymelodic109]

5:30 do not pursue pleasure or shun pain, accept both as they come 5:50 the bliss is in the awareness of them 6:23 the more you're conscious the deeper the joy // acceptance of pain, non resistance, courage and endurance // these, open deep and perennial sources of real happiness 7:05 by being with yourself, the "I Am", by watching yourself in your daily life, with alert interest 7:16 with the intention to understand rather than to judge // in full acceptance of whatever may emerge. It is there that you encourage the deep to come to the surface and enrich your life and consciousness with its captive energies 7:54 This is the great work of awareness, it removes obstacles and releases energies by understanding the nature of life and mind 8:08 Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence..

[@otterrivers3765]

"O" yeah!!!

[@mamapadure5780]

DANKE ❤

[@vreddy8231]

Each Episode of Maharaj is an Upanishad🙏Thank you for this great Yagna🙏

[@priortokaraew7569]

Absolutely

[@pieterdrummond7091]

Sri Samaneri Jayasara Great love and gratitude for your sharing of the Dharma. May you be blessed as we are blessed with the grace that flows

[@aarav2463]

So profound preaching of Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj. So clear, sharp and intuitively spoken.

[@rizzapepito8717]

Thank you. Listening to this lowers my high blood pressure

[@jddr555]

Pure energy, Nisargaddata Maharaj ❣️ Every sentence is a meditation 🙏 Thank you🌹

[@paulstoran7183]

Namaste thankyou

[@lennsmann]

I believe many people could take this 25 mins, point by point, as many times as required and not help, but see the Truth of Truths appear before them in all It's splendor. Incredible! Thank you Jayasara!!

[@udayak6964]

Your narration is golden ..words are gems ...the silence in between is where I see I am...🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@hardikswami1440]

Nicely put into words

[@aruntubes12345]

his simplicity is divine, and we are grateful for such easy access to his profound wisdoms. Thank you for your beautiful videos too!

[@ramyafennell4615]

This is 'gold'..thank you so much for all your work.

[@claudelebel49]

29' 50" "You suffer because you have alienated yourself from reality and now you seek an escape from this alienation........" 🙏

[@swingtradingpsychology]

Nisargadatta is in league on his own!

[@renakmans3521]

And that’s because he knew there was no Nisargadatta, paradoxically.

[@paulstoran7183]

Namaste thankyou thankyou thankyou infinite love light blessings to all

[@onlymelodic109]

Another one of your best? Even if at this point there are many I think this one also deserves to be on the top. Every sentence felt like an ocean of wisdom. Many thanks again and again, good wishes for everyone here!

[@otterrivers3765]

"O" yes!!!

[@ai172]

Oh Samaneri Jayasara, how did you know that I needed this? Feel so deeply filled yet light! Heartfelt gratitude🌸🙏

[@ObservingBeauty]

Thank you from the bottom of m heart for continuing this work

[@whoami-qy6rs]

Thank You so much for offering these precious gifts.

[@devinramos6317]

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[@priortokaraew7569]

Great Guru Sri NM, no one could point me to myself but your most detailed pointings. My jiva at your lotus feet my Lord.

[@julieaha2847]

Simple, instructive, and comforting. Thank you so much!

[@garycox3841]

Ahhh, Sister together with these teachings, this warm, and magical voice, and the heart that, it is obviously coming through, is purity, sublime 🙏❤️

[@LeftTheMatrix]

SO grateful for this!❤ N. Maharaj is so profound and also humorous- will listen to all of your readings of him again. Such beautiful delivery. 🎉

[@iamcalledirenechaliz-lopez]

WOW… BEST ONE YET F ME. THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES WERE HEART ,SOUL & MIND OPENING. TYSM ✌🏾 ❤ 🙏 🌍

[@juanpadilla3203]

What a gem this is. Thank you 🙏

[@markcomerford4659]

One of your best meditations from Nisargadatta. So much to inquire into and aspire to!

[@user-we6wi3rn1l]

These particular words carry such powerful wisdom and guidance.

[@lencoller6477]

Love these teachings ❤❤❤❤feel so peaceful when i listen. Thankyou so much i feel blessed.💖

[@osmanosman9226]

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[@vijayalakshmiraghavan6489]

Too amazing for words. Thank you so much.

[@mindyourstep1028]

This message embodies the last stop. A tremendous ‘last desire’ arises to revisit this recording in order to be grounded, finally. ❤

[@garycuskelly6844]

Love this. Heard it all. Wonderful. Thank you.

[@PayMe888]

I am in every electron in the universe

[@sujathamaheshwari]

Oh wow ... so powerful 🙏🏽❤️

[@libecaward3085]

Beautiful! as always. Thank you

[@lennsmann]

This was so perfect in every way. Thank you Jayasara.

[@Andrea-kx6dc]

...oh i love the subtitles...for me its somehow helpful to both hear and see these words...🌻

[@roberthaviar8243]

Pure Power and yet totally gentle. Thank you 🙏

[@ZehNettoOficial]

Thank you so much for these recordings. I really appreciate it! 🙏🏽

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[@jerrianderson4867]

Thank you Jaya!!!

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[@andreschoenfeld]

Thank You 🙏🏻

[@Ludifant]

There is always somebody ready to judge if judgement should be needed. Usually it is "I". Sometimes it seems someone else.

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[@emaho8210]

Thank you 💕🙏🏻

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thanks

[@cjpandya7864]

Great genius spiritual master. Salutation to him.

[@guynouri]

Thank you again

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🌸🌺💜🕯thankyou🕯💜🌺🌸

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Just love this 🥰

[@kapilchopra6353]

🙏❤️‍🩹 Gratitude 🙏

[@nicolelallande442]

Beautiful❣️🙏🙏

[@hardikswami1440]

Truth speaks

[@otterrivers3765]

Lies talk, but the truth SPEAKS

[@hardikswami1440]

True.

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Amazing. Thank you.

[@jzen76]

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[@joeblow6872]

Your voice really work.for me. Its amazing. Ty. Very much. For everything u have created for us ❤

[@HigherSelfDevelopment]

So greatful...

[@anaeukirne]

🙏 marvelous , thank you 🌼🙏

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Extraordinary

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[@kumar2ji]

Extraordinary wisdom!.

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[@roblaccitello3140]

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[@dzakahchristian7742]

Madam your voice… ❤❤❤

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Lovely

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Well done. Excellent.

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Very inspiring

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[@kathyryan7611]

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[@IkarusFlight]

I am, the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through I.

[@fingerprint5511]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@claudelebel49]

"I Am" is the beginning of separation and of trouble.

[@otterrivers3765]

But from where we are as egos, it's in the right direction. It's the purest distortion.

[@dahmanbeck5256]

❤👍🏼

[@edvhollywood4544]

I. Will write these words down , like meditation medicine.

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How many times have I been here.

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[@anadigregorio9206]

En un día, hoy me ha llegado dos veces de dos personas diferentes el libro I a that, de Nisargadatta, eso no es una casualidad, es que además no creo en ellas, Gracias Gonzalo, yo tengo en mi ordenador ese libro bajado hace más de 10 años y no lo leí.

[@KARIS1961]

Sigh…❤️

[@vijayaranha9018]

We are conditioned to take this life for granted, just close your eyes and see that conditional world disappear

[@charliekaiser482]

@Samaneri The thumbnail picture touches me deeply. Where is it from? Thank you so much! 🙏♥️

[@SamaneriJayasara]

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[@derekkase7884]

You can't gloss over it or skip it you have to face everything and go through it

[@roblaccitello3140]

Hello Samaneri, could I ask for the artist and title of the sound bit heard in the opening?

[@SamaneriJayasara]

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[@roblaccitello3140]

@@SamaneriJayasara Thank you. I have been following for over a year- the teachings you’ve shared helped accelerate the needed understanding more than you can know. Your actions have been a great gift that I can only repay by living these truths, this truth 🙏

[@otterrivers3765]

Rob!!!! I am a Mandelbrot MANIAC. Happy to see your profile picture of the Buddha fractal!!!

[@mistysmith5392]

This one is confusing to me, or my ego at least. I feel resistance in accepting in order to be free we need to stop seeking personal attainment. What about making a living? If I favor the concept that I am not the body and not separate but I haven't experienced that yet how do I get there (although there is nowhere to get)? How do I see through this illusion?

[@SamaneriJayasara]

Sure, make a living without ego or conceit as much as possible - or at least be aware when it arises, which it will. That's all. We are not fully free from the ego (which is merely a delusory phantom) until we are totally liberated so we learn just to be aware of it, with clarity, understanding and a non-judgmental frame of mind. We 'get there' in the end, even though there is nowhere to get and no one to arrive. Nidargadatta worked in his little beedie shop in India as he needed to make a living - working, practising, and letting go. No big deal.

[@mistysmith5392]

@@SamaneriJayasara That helps. Thank you 💗

[@swingtradingpsychology]

the ego is there and will never leave but you are not the ego. the ego works automatically based on programming experiences... there is nobody doing anything. there is a presence behind the ego that is independent of the ego: that's what nisargadatta calls the 'i am feeling'. find it and stick to it that's all you have to do really. once you sink deeply in it you will get to the absolute state. don't try t conceptualize that state it's beyond all concepts. in fact nothing can be said about it. it's the end of all seeking!

[@roblaccitello3140]

Just to add to this, when you refer to yourself, there’s an awareness, even if it’s not realized. That awareness is the “I am” feeling that every sentient being has- this statement “all sentient beings” is used often because to be sentient implies impulses, reactivity, basically biology. “You” (your ego) is the sum total of the specific body impulses, that’s all. The “real you” (even this isn’t completely accurate) is what is aware of this. It’s a condensed separate awareness, part of the whole. Similar to how the sun can reflect in 1,000 pots of water all the same. The “I am” is the reflecting of the sun, which all pots share. The real source is beyond the pot, and therefore beyond the body. The mind is the rippling of the water within each pot, moved according to the conditions effecting it as such. 🙏

[@mistysmith5392]

@@roblaccitello3140 that is very helpful and beautiful at the same time. Thank you 💖

[@johnburman966]

Oh how cunning is this mind! Already trying incorporate this into yet another scheme, in the spiritual penthouse of this prison. As Thaddeus Golas kept saying " I am conscious whatever is happening." Aware....aware....that's all there is.

[@MrJamesdryable]

17:40

[@dabrupro]

🙏 imagination (n.) "faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari "to form an image of, represent"), from imago "an image, a likeness," from stem of imitari "to copy, imitate" (from PIE root *aim- "to copy") *aim- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to copy." ...hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin imago "image," aemulus "emulous," imitari "to copy, portray, imitate;" Hittite himma- "imitation, substitute."

[@LeftTheMatrix]

32:53 a man’s desire for a woman is innocence compared to the lust of the yogis seeking pure bliss! Hah! 😅