I was just writing about this book on another post, then noticed the seperate forum for Books, Tapes and Scriptures. So just wanted to write a little bit about my experience with this book. I recently came across this title and picked it up in my local library in Dallas. I should say that the Q&A with Nisargadatta Maharaj had a profound effect on me. I was spell bound by some of the answers that he provided to the questions. His insight into the advaita philosophy cuts through layers of misconception like a sharp knife. And best of all there is no preaching or any other requirement to follow any tradition. And Nisargadatta does not claim of any super natural powers etc. and there is absolutely no mythologizing. I found that some of his answers reflected the same approach advocated by Ramana Maharishi in finding who we are. Nisargadata says that we should always stay with the feeling "I am". I can not but wonder the significance of the mantra given in AYP "I AM" and the correlation that it has with Nisargadatta's teaching.
Make sure to check out the reviews of this book in Amazon.com, (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cu...3155&s=books). Some folks have written very good reviews for this book. And after reading the book, I feel that their opinions are not exaggerated at all. In my opinion this is a "must read" for people in the path of enlightenment.
I would also like to hear about the comments of other people in this forum who have read this book.
Shanti, thanks for letting me know about the thread. I will post this message there. Also I should thank you some thing else, the advice that you offered me on combining multiple practices to my question in a different thread some time back. I realized through my experience that pretty much what you said is completely accurate. I was not able to do multiple practices at the same time. But I was able to incorporate spinal breathing. Anyway this is not the right thread for that. I will reply with my complete experience to the other post in a couple of weeks, so that it will be helpful to others. I am still on the experimenting mode...
"I am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 9:54:23 PM
