Talk 53 D : The Buddhists say that I is unreal, whereas Paul Brunton in the Secret Path tells us to get over the I thought and reach the state of I. Which is true? M : There are supposed to be two Is; the one is lower and unreal, of which all are aware; and the other, the higher and the real, which is to be realised. You are not aware of yourself while asleep, you are aware in wakefulness; waking, you say that you were asleep; you did not know it in the deep sleep state. So then, the idea of diversity has arisen along with the body-consciousness; this body-consciousness arose at some particular moment; it has origin and end. What originates must be something. What is that something? It is the I-consciousness. Who am I? Whence am I? On finding the source, you realise the state of Absolute Consciousness. D : Who is this I? It seems to be only a continuum of sense impression. The Buddhist ideas seems to be so too. M : The world is not external. The impressions cannot have an outer origin. Because the world can be cognised only by consciousness. The world does not say that it exists. It is your impression. Even so this impression is not consistent and not unbroken. In deep sleep the world is not cognised; and so it exists not for a sleeping man. Therefore the world is the sequence of the ego. Find out the ego. The finding of its source is the final goal. D : The world sends impressions and I awake! M : Can the world exist without someone to perceive? Which is prior? The Being-consciousness or rising-consciousness? The Being-consciousness is always there, eternal and pure. The rising-consciousness rises forth and disappears. It is transient. D : Does not the world exist for others even when I asleep? M : Such a world mocks at you also for knowing it without knowing yourself. The world is the result of your mind. Know your mind. Then see the world. You will realise that it is not different from the Self.
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