My true nature

Your true nature is beyond description.
It cannot be known by the mind, yet it exists.
It is the source of everything.

--- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Who am I?

The Sense of "I am" (Consciousness)

When I met my Guru, he told me:

"You are not what you take yourself to be.
Find out what you are.
Watch the sense 'I am',
find your real Self."

I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. All
my spare time I would spend looking at myself in silence. And what a
difference it made, and how soon!

My teacher told me to hold on to the sense 'I am' tenaciously and not
to swerve from it even for a moment. I did my best to follow his
advice and in a comparatively short time I realized within myself the
truth of his teaching. All I did was to remember his teaching, his
face, his words constantly. This brought an end to the mind; in the
stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am -- unbound.

I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the
mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I used to sit for hours
together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon peace and
joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all
disappeared -- myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around
me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.

--- Nisargadatta Maharaj

... The lineage of nine gurus ... Navnath Sampradaya:

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj belongs to the Navnath Sampradaya, the lineage which originated from the nine gurus. Nisargadatta himself did not stress his lineage with most of his western devotees

External Links

DVD"S about Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

http://www.maharajnisargadatta.com/

http://www.nisargadatta.net/

Remembering Nisargadatta Maharaj, reflections of David Godman

Various articles on Sri Nisargadatta

Videos about Sri Nisargadatta

Who am I?

"You are not what
you take yourself to be.

Find out what you are.

Watch the sense 'I am',
find your real Self."

In the footsteps of the earlier travellers

In no particular order at the moment ....



... BUDDHA


... Genpo Roshi and Zen Eye

... S. N. Goenka and Vipassana Meditation


... Ramana Maharshi

... Papaji

... Nisargadatta Maharaj


... Osho

... Yogananda (Autobiography of a Yogi)

... Gangaji Newtown talk


Ho'oponopono (Dr Hew Len and others)


... Lester Levenson

The Namaste Mountains - High Country of the Spirit

"The spirit in me honours the spirit in you"

Just being in the high mountains is an awe inspiring experience in my opinion. Besides that certain greatness and silent majesty of the high country which is experienced walking on the mountain trails of this planet, there is that background sense of being closer to the sky -- closer to the Cosmic environment.
The Nepalse Himalayan Range

Few vistas can compare to the breathtaking scenes on the trails to the west and the east of the Nepalese Himalayan Range which I had the great fortune to visit in the last months of 1976 and the early months of 1977.

Many were the local mountain folk --- the Sherpas and the local farmers, the many Tibetan refugees and the occassional tourist. Almost without exception they all shared in passing this one simple greeting

" Namaste ", which is roughly to be translated as:
" The Spirit in me Honors the Spirit in you "

Each planetary region has its colloquial greeting, and in the high country of the Himalayan Ranges, that simple greeting is "Namaste".


Western Regions - Everest [Sagamatha]

There are few roads in the western regions, and none west of Lomusangu. The track to the Everest region runs from Lomusangu across a number of south running spur ranges, each involving a steep descent to the river and another steep climb to the upper pass. It took me nine days to get out to Namche Bazaar, near the foot of Sagamatha (the Nepalese name for Mt. Everest) and six days to treck back.

The ridges of these spur ranges can be 40 miles apart as the crow flies, but separated by a steep river canyon, often spanned at some point by a sturdy bridges. Edmond Hillary was responsible for the construction of many bridges in the western region, and for the construction of many schools. Some of the bridges saved many days walking. Many people however prefer to fly into Lucla, just below Namche, and saved themselves the week's walk.

While resting once by the trail I recall seeing the passage of a light plane covering a distance in a few minutes that had taken me three days to traverse.


Candles for the Monasteries

When setting out from Katmandu I had decided to get a plain heshan sack from the markets, to carry a spare pair of thongs, a coat and a dozen boxes of candles. I bought and carried the candles in order to visit each of the monasteries near the overland treck, and to check the interior of these monasteries. This routine task proved quite rewarding, and I visited many monasteries along the track and left a packet of candles at or near their altar. It may have been a poor excuse to pay homage to Buddha, but in those days, I did not know too much about him, or myself.


Eastern Regions - Annapurna

To the eastern region of Nepal range the Annapurnas, and a great variety of trecking trails which are generally far less arduous than those in the west.



The scenery is equally breathtaking in all directions, but many of the popular paths in the west are far less demanding, while those of the east - to Everest - have to cross a large number of spur ranges.