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Rätt uppfattat.
Självklart menar jag inte denna kroppen eller de sinnen den har. Jag är varken eller. Jag är ingenting. Min guru Nisargadatta Maharaj:
Nisargadatta also predicates the radical idea that there is no such thing as a "doer". According to him and other teachers of Vedanta, since our true nature or identity is not the mind, is not the body, but the witness of the mind and body, we, as pure awareness, do nothing. The mind and body act of their own accord, and we are the witness of them, though the mind often thinks it acts. This false idea (that the mind is the self) is what keeps us from recognizing our Self. Nisargadatta cautions:
'"The life force [prana] and the mind are operating [of their own accord], but the mind will tempt you to believe that it is "you". Therefore understand always that you are the timeless spaceless witness. And even if the mind tells you that you are the one who is acting, don't believe the mind. [...] The apparatus [mind, body] which is functioning has come upon your original essense, but you are not that apparatus."
When asked about his biographical details, Maharaj used to say that "I was never born". For him, the essence of his being is eternal, pure and ever free awareness which is not confined to a specific body-mind.
Du sitter jävligt hårt fast i ditt mind och i dina uppfattningar om dig själv och din gud. Du har inte ens tagit första steget bort från ditt ego. Du tror att du finns som en specifik enhet. Du misstar dig.