tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post4243320606841652473..comments2023-12-16T16:12:08.051-08:00Comments on Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization: Dialogue with Jay about Ranjit Maharaj, Parabrahman and the Atman and the VoidEd Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-43790460463745492452014-09-14T13:53:05.183-07:002014-09-14T13:53:05.183-07:00That's "interesting" for lack of a b...That's "interesting" for lack of a better word to describe this. The I Am sense is then just a mirage or being "unreal" as you state, yet one needs to locate it through meditation only to discover at some point it's very "unreality." Yes, in fact, I seem to recall in the Nisargadatta Gita, he mentions that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-52797192028257156332014-09-14T08:42:58.923-07:002014-09-14T08:42:58.923-07:00No. He says the I Am is always available to the J...No. He says the I Am is always available to the Jnani; it is just that it is "seen-through." meaning is has the "being unreal" property of unreality.<br /><br />The I Am is not readily available to all, whether it exists or not in each of us embedded in beingness. For most it takes practice of hunting it in meditation. So even if the chemicals are there now, and the I Am is available, for many it is hidden in mental and environmental noise, or else the person does not believe in a Self, and not believing, he is blind to it,<br />Ed Muzikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-14144072638972493192014-09-13T19:56:26.188-07:002014-09-13T19:56:26.188-07:00Maharaj was once quoted as saying, "chemicals...Maharaj was once quoted as saying, "chemicals come together in the brain and the I am appears." That would seem to suggest that the synthesis of neurochemicals creates the sense of "I am" we all experience in our formative years. But would that also suggest that if there were to be the loss of the sense of self(whether through psychelic drugs or whatever) then these chemicals simply dissolve or disappear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-56574275078923865152014-09-11T14:21:24.777-07:002014-09-11T14:21:24.777-07:00very interestingvery interestingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com