WHY DID NISARGADATTA INSIST ON ASKING QUESTIONS?
Many were puzzled why Maharaj insisted on asking newcomers to put questions to him, even before they got acquainted with his mode of teaching.
This approach was unique to Maharaj.
One day, he turned to me and said,
“What a sadhaka (seeker) knows consciously about himself is only one-ninth of his being. The rest is buried as the ‘unconscious’, like an iceberg!
He has no means to unknot this huge quota of his ‘unconscious’.
With a single glance, a Saint can unravel a seeker’s entire ‘unconscious’, layer by layer.
We want to work on it, tackle it and destroy it.
To do that, we need the ‘password’ from the seeker, the approval of the seeker.
Each Saint has a unique method of raising this hidden ‘unconscious’ of the seeker to the surface so that he can catch it and work on it. We are only interested in the hidden part of the seeker’s ‘unconscious’.
Many were puzzled why Maharaj insisted on asking newcomers to put questions to him, even before they got acquainted with his mode of teaching.
This approach was unique to Maharaj.
One day, he turned to me and said,
“What a sadhaka (seeker) knows consciously about himself is only one-ninth of his being. The rest is buried as the ‘unconscious’, like an iceberg!
He has no means to unknot this huge quota of his ‘unconscious’.
With a single glance, a Saint can unravel a seeker’s entire ‘unconscious’, layer by layer.
We want to work on it, tackle it and destroy it.
To do that, we need the ‘password’ from the seeker, the approval of the seeker.
Each Saint has a unique method of raising this hidden ‘unconscious’ of the seeker to the surface so that he can catch it and work on it. We are only interested in the hidden part of the seeker’s ‘unconscious’.
As a matter
of fact, we also deal with the one-ninth of his conscious level, as
well.
Ramana Maharshi used “Who am I?”
Swami Ramdas used “Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram”. Shirdi Sai Baba used “Allah Malik”.
I insist on the newcomer putting me a question. This is my method. I answer the question but it is only of secondary importance.
When the seeker spells out his doubt, his ‘unconscious’ raises itself without his knowledge to the surface through his words.
I catch it immediately and start working on it!
This is a mystery which no ordinary mind can understand. What is great about dispelling the doubts coming from the one-ninth conscious level, the tip of the iceberg? There are plenty of books which can do that.
But then, what about the hidden unconscious?
Sri Ganesan, ‘Meeting with Sages and Saints’
Ramana Maharshi used “Who am I?”
Swami Ramdas used “Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram”. Shirdi Sai Baba used “Allah Malik”.
I insist on the newcomer putting me a question. This is my method. I answer the question but it is only of secondary importance.
When the seeker spells out his doubt, his ‘unconscious’ raises itself without his knowledge to the surface through his words.
I catch it immediately and start working on it!
This is a mystery which no ordinary mind can understand. What is great about dispelling the doubts coming from the one-ninth conscious level, the tip of the iceberg? There are plenty of books which can do that.
But then, what about the hidden unconscious?
Sri Ganesan, ‘Meeting with Sages and Saints’
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