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Author's Note
This urge: to express the inexpressible came to light during the course
of my meetings with Shree HWL Poonjaji, known as Papaji - he inspired
me to write this narrative.
Papaji’s total love of truth and the immensity of joy he showed
when someone got ‘it’ and could say something about it also
filled my heart with the song of truth and the urge to express it.
As the book developed, I discovered I was presenting myself and sharing
my story not as a teacher, but as a fellow being who experienced awakening
and recognizes his merging into this mystery. This book is not intended
to be biographical at all.
I hope in some way this narrative touches the truth of your being, that
you recognize that enlightenment is not only real but possible, and that
it is available now, perhaps more so than ever before. No longer is enlightenment
obtainable only to a select few who win it after some long and arduous
journey. Enlightenment can happen to you or me as just being here now.
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you are just there
no future
no past
a table is a table
a chair a chair
just being
Introduction
Once people truly believed the sun revolved around the earth. Standing
here on earth, this belief certainly appears to be true. When Copernicus
proclaimed the truth that the earth revolves around the sun, he was not
believed and was persecuted as well. When Sages (Wisemen) proclaim we
are not the body and personality but something greater, they are not believed
either. After all, the body and personality are so close and recognizable
as us, and from this viewpoint this perception certainly appears to be
true.
The fact is truth is not always obvious. What appears to be real is not
always the case and we are often fooled by the apparent logic and the
narrowness of the perception of mind. Split seconds are defined as moments
when mind disappears and reality is perceived without distortion. This
lifting of the veil of illusion is one aspect of enlightenment and is
analogous
to waking up from normal sleep to everyday consciousness.
When awakening occurs, for example, through the experience of a split
second as described above, one begins to understand that Truth exists.
Now it is understood that something beyond the perceptions of mind is
present. Usually this wakefulness has a short duration and sleep returns.
The knowing becomes an experience, a memory; yet something remains that
drives the experiencer to search for it again. In this way, a conscious
desire for truth arises. The intrinsic longing for truth has always been
there but now the experiencer consciously knows it. As more veils of illusion
disappear and also when there is reoccurrence of illusions, the desire
to remain in truth becomes of paramount importance, a matter of life and
death. For the awakened person, there is nothing more important than to
continue to dive deeper and deeper into the divine mystery.