Beyond consciousness
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Book Introduction
This is a record of conversations held with seekers by Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), the Indian spiritual master widely known through his book 'I Am That', during the last years of his life (1979-1981).
This is an independent Korean edition, chronologically rearranged and edited from the original three-volume edited transcripts of this period by Maharaj's American disciple, Gene Dunn, and two years' worth of manuscript transcripts of other conversations held by Belgian devotee Josef Nauwelärts.
It consists of 101 chapters, and explains the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal consciousness that permeates the entire phenomenal world, and the principle of knowing “I am” of individual beings with one body, and the concise and profound path to enlightenment that leads to universal consciousness and then to the Absolute through this knowing.
This is an independent Korean edition, chronologically rearranged and edited from the original three-volume edited transcripts of this period by Maharaj's American disciple, Gene Dunn, and two years' worth of manuscript transcripts of other conversations held by Belgian devotee Josef Nauwelärts.
It consists of 101 chapters, and explains the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal consciousness that permeates the entire phenomenal world, and the principle of knowing “I am” of individual beings with one body, and the concise and profound path to enlightenment that leads to universal consciousness and then to the Absolute through this knowing.
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Introduction 11
Preface 15
1.
The knowledge that “I am”
2.
Consciousness is the mind of the Absolute
3.
The essence of food energy
4.
You are not the body
5.
Pay attention
6.
Be in existence
7.
Return to the source of ignorance
8.
You are universal life
9.
Truth cannot be challenged
10.
There is no knowledge
11.
You are the proof that God exists.
12.
Watch the ceremony
13.
Everything you see is your true self.
14.
The knowledge that “I am” is the teacher of the universe.
15.
The Master is the purest consciousness.
16.
Principles before consciousness
17.
Everything is a play of consciousness
18.
You are God
19.
With firm conviction alone, everything can be transcended.
20.
Be at ease in your natural state.
21.
Nothing happens
22.
Understand yourself
23.
Meditate on the one who meditates
24.
There is no being that is born or dies.
25.
Don't waste Jinah's power
26.
Consciousness is a reflection of awareness
27.
The phenomenal world is nothing more than a dream of the unmanifested.
28.
Without me, there is no God.
29.
State before conception
30.
The emergence of existence
31.
There is no such thing as a person
32.
Jinah Yoga
33.
Nothing interferes with the play of the five elements.
34.
Stay in a state of inexperience
35.
Charan-Amritta
36.
Go to where you appeared
37.
How was I before existence emerged?
38.
You are the eternal absolute
39.
Where there is food, there lives.
40.
Even the Supreme is useless to the Supreme.
41.
Be at peace with the feeling of “I am”
42.
Watching happens naturally
43.
Become one with existence
44.
Meditation is the feeling of being holding onto itself.
45.
The Absolute does not know itself
46.
Without you, there is no world for you.
47.
Worship the knowledge that “I am”
48.
Abide in the Master's words
49.
True Master - Parabrahman
50.
Within the phenomenal world, 'I am' is the highest god.
51.
Brahman is created from your being.
52.
Stay still
53.
Everything you know is imperfect
54.
Use your mind only to the extent necessary.
55.
Go to the root of existence
56.
You are infinite and eternal
57.
It is very difficult to transcend consciousness.
58.
You are before the concept of “I am”
59.
Become one with consciousness
60.
For Parabrahman, the world does not exist.
61.
Give up identification with your body
62.
See your consciousness as God
63.
In truth, no change can occur.
64.
Explore yourself
65.
Go to the source where 'I am' begins
66.
Creation happens spontaneously.
67.
Just be
68.
Become 'I am'
69.
When consciousness is disturbed, duality arises.
70.
Consciousness is an illusion
71.
Universal consciousness is God
72.
You are before the mind
73.
The source of consciousness
74.
True liberation is knowing that you are nothing.
75.
The existence and essence of God are in consciousness.
76.
No bondage, no liberation
77.
You are the feeling of that being
78.
Everything that is consumed and exhausted is not real.
79.
The beginning of consciousness is like the center of a wheel.
80.
All things are unreal
81.
All that exists is consciousness
82.
Transcend “I am”
83.
Deep, dark blue
84.
Consciousness cannot be known
85.
Linga-body
86.
In its original state, there is no concept
87.
What were you a hundred years ago?
88.
The world appears spontaneously
89.
Develop the confidence that you exist
90.
Let it go!
91.
There is nothing that is not consciousness
92.
The body is like a guest
93.
Meditation is existing in the knowledge that “I am.”
94.
Consciousness does not rest until it has found the answer.
95.
You swallow the entire universe
96.
Your existence is eternal
97.
There can be no experience of truth.
98.
What is your identity?
99.
Awareness is a state in which consciousness sinks into itself.
100.
There is nothing but the Absolute
101.
When you are silent, you are powerful.
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Translator's Note
Preface 15
1.
The knowledge that “I am”
2.
Consciousness is the mind of the Absolute
3.
The essence of food energy
4.
You are not the body
5.
Pay attention
6.
Be in existence
7.
Return to the source of ignorance
8.
You are universal life
9.
Truth cannot be challenged
10.
There is no knowledge
11.
You are the proof that God exists.
12.
Watch the ceremony
13.
Everything you see is your true self.
14.
The knowledge that “I am” is the teacher of the universe.
15.
The Master is the purest consciousness.
16.
Principles before consciousness
17.
Everything is a play of consciousness
18.
You are God
19.
With firm conviction alone, everything can be transcended.
20.
Be at ease in your natural state.
21.
Nothing happens
22.
Understand yourself
23.
Meditate on the one who meditates
24.
There is no being that is born or dies.
25.
Don't waste Jinah's power
26.
Consciousness is a reflection of awareness
27.
The phenomenal world is nothing more than a dream of the unmanifested.
28.
Without me, there is no God.
29.
State before conception
30.
The emergence of existence
31.
There is no such thing as a person
32.
Jinah Yoga
33.
Nothing interferes with the play of the five elements.
34.
Stay in a state of inexperience
35.
Charan-Amritta
36.
Go to where you appeared
37.
How was I before existence emerged?
38.
You are the eternal absolute
39.
Where there is food, there lives.
40.
Even the Supreme is useless to the Supreme.
41.
Be at peace with the feeling of “I am”
42.
Watching happens naturally
43.
Become one with existence
44.
Meditation is the feeling of being holding onto itself.
45.
The Absolute does not know itself
46.
Without you, there is no world for you.
47.
Worship the knowledge that “I am”
48.
Abide in the Master's words
49.
True Master - Parabrahman
50.
Within the phenomenal world, 'I am' is the highest god.
51.
Brahman is created from your being.
52.
Stay still
53.
Everything you know is imperfect
54.
Use your mind only to the extent necessary.
55.
Go to the root of existence
56.
You are infinite and eternal
57.
It is very difficult to transcend consciousness.
58.
You are before the concept of “I am”
59.
Become one with consciousness
60.
For Parabrahman, the world does not exist.
61.
Give up identification with your body
62.
See your consciousness as God
63.
In truth, no change can occur.
64.
Explore yourself
65.
Go to the source where 'I am' begins
66.
Creation happens spontaneously.
67.
Just be
68.
Become 'I am'
69.
When consciousness is disturbed, duality arises.
70.
Consciousness is an illusion
71.
Universal consciousness is God
72.
You are before the mind
73.
The source of consciousness
74.
True liberation is knowing that you are nothing.
75.
The existence and essence of God are in consciousness.
76.
No bondage, no liberation
77.
You are the feeling of that being
78.
Everything that is consumed and exhausted is not real.
79.
The beginning of consciousness is like the center of a wheel.
80.
All things are unreal
81.
All that exists is consciousness
82.
Transcend “I am”
83.
Deep, dark blue
84.
Consciousness cannot be known
85.
Linga-body
86.
In its original state, there is no concept
87.
What were you a hundred years ago?
88.
The world appears spontaneously
89.
Develop the confidence that you exist
90.
Let it go!
91.
There is nothing that is not consciousness
92.
The body is like a guest
93.
Meditation is existing in the knowledge that “I am.”
94.
Consciousness does not rest until it has found the answer.
95.
You swallow the entire universe
96.
Your existence is eternal
97.
There can be no experience of truth.
98.
What is your identity?
99.
Awareness is a state in which consciousness sinks into itself.
100.
There is nothing but the Absolute
101.
When you are silent, you are powerful.
List of translated texts and dialogues by date
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Translator's Note
Into the book
You have to be conscious and hold onto consciousness.
Pay attention to this taste called 'I'.
Don't pay attention to fear, pay attention to your reality.
Once you know what you are, there is no fear.
Eliminate the concept of death from your mind.
There is nothing that can be called death.
---p.55
Universal consciousness has always existed and its power has always existed.
Its creative power gave birth to this world, and it produced this Prakriti and Purusha.
And its soul is personal consciousness.
It is a spontaneous, manifested, dynamic spirit.
---p.69
Live fearlessly while you live.
Because no one created you.
You live with your own light.
Live with confidence, especially in your true self.
---p.85
The evidence of the Eternal is this impermanence, the evidence of truth is this untruth, and the evidence of Brahman is Maya.
---p.90
You are the proof that God exists.
Without you there is no god.
---p.91
Correct meditation is introspection into your true self.
There should be no concepts or images present during the meditation.
---p.114
As long as you identify with your body and mind, you are conditioned.
But once you are unconditionally secure in the knowing that “I am,” you are the manifested “I am” and are no longer an individual.
In that manifested state of 'I am', there is nothing you can do.
Because you are no longer an individual.
---p.161
Consciousness itself is God, and only through that Being, that is, consciousness, are the secrets of all phenomena, of all creation, revealed to you.
Nothing else will be so revealing.
Everything else is just a concept.
---p.174
There is no being in this world that is born, lives, or dies.
There is nothing like that.
It is just a play within consciousness.
---p.178
The true man does not care about the various religions of the world.
It was created by humans.
What have humans created from these diverse religions? Very little happiness or satisfaction, and enormous jealousy, hatred, suffering, and differences of opinion.
---p.191
The state of being is called God.
The state of God is the entire phenomenal world.
That is my state when I experience (the world), and that is duality.
But my unmanifested state is non-dual.
In that state, there is no experience, no manifestation.
I, the Absolute, am not in a state of 'being'.
---pp.232,233
As you sink into consciousness, the factual state of reality will be revealed to you, and there will be a knowingness that will emanate from you like a spring.
This knowledge will enable you to distinguish between what is real and what is not, and most importantly, it will enable you to realize what you are.
---p.257
Birth and death are things we have heard of.
Birth refers to the birth of a body, which is made up of the essence of food.
Atman is already omnipresent like space, so there is no need to enter this body.
Since the Atman principle is omnipresent, if the body is healthy, its functions will naturally begin to function.
This principle is immortal and indestructible.
---p.280
The primary goal of true spiritual study is to completely liberate ourselves from our concepts and conditioning.
When we follow any religion, sect, or doctrine, we are inevitably conditioned.
Because we have to accept the uniform and the physical and mental discipline.
---p.284
Universal consciousness doesn't come from anywhere.
It exists everywhere.
It exists in potential form in whole foods.
It doesn't come from anywhere, it's already latent.
As soon as that form is created, life energy and consciousness automatically appear within it simultaneously.
Pay attention to this taste called 'I'.
Don't pay attention to fear, pay attention to your reality.
Once you know what you are, there is no fear.
Eliminate the concept of death from your mind.
There is nothing that can be called death.
---p.55
Universal consciousness has always existed and its power has always existed.
Its creative power gave birth to this world, and it produced this Prakriti and Purusha.
And its soul is personal consciousness.
It is a spontaneous, manifested, dynamic spirit.
---p.69
Live fearlessly while you live.
Because no one created you.
You live with your own light.
Live with confidence, especially in your true self.
---p.85
The evidence of the Eternal is this impermanence, the evidence of truth is this untruth, and the evidence of Brahman is Maya.
---p.90
You are the proof that God exists.
Without you there is no god.
---p.91
Correct meditation is introspection into your true self.
There should be no concepts or images present during the meditation.
---p.114
As long as you identify with your body and mind, you are conditioned.
But once you are unconditionally secure in the knowing that “I am,” you are the manifested “I am” and are no longer an individual.
In that manifested state of 'I am', there is nothing you can do.
Because you are no longer an individual.
---p.161
Consciousness itself is God, and only through that Being, that is, consciousness, are the secrets of all phenomena, of all creation, revealed to you.
Nothing else will be so revealing.
Everything else is just a concept.
---p.174
There is no being in this world that is born, lives, or dies.
There is nothing like that.
It is just a play within consciousness.
---p.178
The true man does not care about the various religions of the world.
It was created by humans.
What have humans created from these diverse religions? Very little happiness or satisfaction, and enormous jealousy, hatred, suffering, and differences of opinion.
---p.191
The state of being is called God.
The state of God is the entire phenomenal world.
That is my state when I experience (the world), and that is duality.
But my unmanifested state is non-dual.
In that state, there is no experience, no manifestation.
I, the Absolute, am not in a state of 'being'.
---pp.232,233
As you sink into consciousness, the factual state of reality will be revealed to you, and there will be a knowingness that will emanate from you like a spring.
This knowledge will enable you to distinguish between what is real and what is not, and most importantly, it will enable you to realize what you are.
---p.257
Birth and death are things we have heard of.
Birth refers to the birth of a body, which is made up of the essence of food.
Atman is already omnipresent like space, so there is no need to enter this body.
Since the Atman principle is omnipresent, if the body is healthy, its functions will naturally begin to function.
This principle is immortal and indestructible.
---p.280
The primary goal of true spiritual study is to completely liberate ourselves from our concepts and conditioning.
When we follow any religion, sect, or doctrine, we are inevitably conditioned.
Because we have to accept the uniform and the physical and mental discipline.
---p.284
Universal consciousness doesn't come from anywhere.
It exists everywhere.
It exists in potential form in whole foods.
It doesn't come from anywhere, it's already latent.
As soon as that form is created, life energy and consciousness automatically appear within it simultaneously.
---p.325
Publisher's Review
Nisargadatta Maharaj, famous for the classic meditation book “I Am That,” is one of the greatest spiritual teachers of 20th-century India, along with Ramana Maharshi.
He is a teacher who, through complete enlightenment, described the teachings of non-dualistic Vedanta (Advaita Vedanta), which represents the highest level among various Indian spiritual traditions, in concrete language, and furthermore, clearly pointed out the limitations of the ancient Upanishads, and is highly revered by leading Western meditators.
His teachings go beyond common sense, for example, he says that the self-concept of “I exist” comes from food made of the five elements of Jisuhwapunggong.
However, the five elements themselves come from the 'universal consciousness' that is omnipresent throughout the universe.
In fact, this phenomenal universe itself is merely an expression of this consciousness.
But this universal consciousness is not the ultimate reality.
The Absolute, the ultimate reality, is beyond this consciousness.
The God we speak of is just another name for this consciousness.
Therefore, God is not yet ultimate.
Rather, without our 'personal consciousness' the phenomenal world itself does not exist, and there is no God.
So Maharaj says, “No one created you” and “Consciousness itself is God.”
As the title suggests, this book explains the path that leads us first to universal consciousness and then beyond that to the Absolute.
This is the true path to enlightenment and salvation.
The reason why ‘enlightenment’, not ‘heaven’ or ‘resurrection’, is the true salvation is because we are in fact universal consciousness and, furthermore, the absolute.
The seeker who hears these teachings from the true master who has realized this absolute being and is completely convinced of them, eliminates ignorance and attains true knowledge through that very conviction.
This teaching from the last years of Maharaj's life can be said to be the final conclusion of Nisargadatta Maharaj, in that it completely explains the ultimate goal and path that all beings must ultimately follow.
He is a teacher who, through complete enlightenment, described the teachings of non-dualistic Vedanta (Advaita Vedanta), which represents the highest level among various Indian spiritual traditions, in concrete language, and furthermore, clearly pointed out the limitations of the ancient Upanishads, and is highly revered by leading Western meditators.
His teachings go beyond common sense, for example, he says that the self-concept of “I exist” comes from food made of the five elements of Jisuhwapunggong.
However, the five elements themselves come from the 'universal consciousness' that is omnipresent throughout the universe.
In fact, this phenomenal universe itself is merely an expression of this consciousness.
But this universal consciousness is not the ultimate reality.
The Absolute, the ultimate reality, is beyond this consciousness.
The God we speak of is just another name for this consciousness.
Therefore, God is not yet ultimate.
Rather, without our 'personal consciousness' the phenomenal world itself does not exist, and there is no God.
So Maharaj says, “No one created you” and “Consciousness itself is God.”
As the title suggests, this book explains the path that leads us first to universal consciousness and then beyond that to the Absolute.
This is the true path to enlightenment and salvation.
The reason why ‘enlightenment’, not ‘heaven’ or ‘resurrection’, is the true salvation is because we are in fact universal consciousness and, furthermore, the absolute.
The seeker who hears these teachings from the true master who has realized this absolute being and is completely convinced of them, eliminates ignorance and attains true knowledge through that very conviction.
This teaching from the last years of Maharaj's life can be said to be the final conclusion of Nisargadatta Maharaj, in that it completely explains the ultimate goal and path that all beings must ultimately follow.
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- Publication date: April 26, 2021
- Page count, weight, size: 720 pages | 1,008g | 153*225*40mm
- ISBN13: 9788989942559
- ISBN10: 8989942551
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