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Seekers on Unique Paths

GliderGuider

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2. Have you read "I Am That" by Nisargadatta?

Reply to Viva_Daddy (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:00 PM

Aug 2012

I finally started it - it seems I had to be ready for it. His pointers are so powerful and clear they drop me straight into the witness every time I pick the book up. The sense of "I am" is pretty constant now - if I notice that I've started to drive around in my concepts, simply asking "Who is thinking?" puts everything back in place. Satchitananda, and all that...

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Yes, enlightenment is not for the squimish or faint of heart. Viva_Daddy Aug 2012 #1

Have you read "I Am That" by Nisargadatta? GliderGuider Aug 2012 #2

I have read it, yes, although it has been some time ago since I read it. Viva_Daddy Aug 2012 #3

Thanks for the list. GliderGuider Aug 2012 #4

I don't teach Advaita. My degrees are in Religious Studies and Theology. Viva_Daddy Aug 2012 #5

Are you sure? GliderGuider Aug 2012 #6