Some questions asked to Madhukar in January 2002 in Poona. Although the questions have been asked some years ago, the answers are of eternal value...
Questioner: How does this realizing of the true Self manifest on the personal level in daily life?
Madhukar: By understanding who you are beyond any manifestation. In your daily life now, you are identifying with manifestation, with events, experiences, thoughts, and feelings. When you realize who you are, you know that you are That, in which everything takes place. You are untouched by any event, any experience, by any thought or feeling. Everything merely takes place and you react accordingly.
Q: Thoughts will still come, but the effect will be different?
Madhukar: Thoughts only affect others. Before, two people got pissed off. Now only one, the other! If you would really be interested in freedom, you would not engage yourself in these kinds of thoughts. You will never find an answer like this. You have to return home, home to Source, stillness in which mind activities take place or not. You have to find out who is, not merely engage in how you imagine it to look like.
Q: Are there any good things that you give up when you become enlightened?
Madhukar: Things that harm you, you might give up. Otherwise, there is no need to give up anything or to change anything. Your professional career or your sexual activities have nothing to do with who you are. This belongs to the person. Some personality traits may fade away because there is no longer any stress, and most activities are caused by stress and fear. But generally speaking, you do not need to change anything. People have tried to change, to suppress, and to transform for thousands of years without result. You must learn from this. Do not repeat the same mistakes. One instant is enough to realize who you are. And who cares what happens afterwards? By engaging in transformation processes, by trying to achieve a state that has certain qualities, you can only reach a very mediocre state. And any kind of state is a limitation; any kind of state is not Truth.
Quotes from "The Simplest Way", direct awareness through dialogues with Madhukar. This precious book can be ordered in our shop: http://www.madhukar.org/englisch/sidelinks/shop/shop_1_1.html
Questioner: How does this realizing of the true Self manifest on the personal level in daily life?
Madhukar: By understanding who you are beyond any manifestation. In your daily life now, you are identifying with manifestation, with events, experiences, thoughts, and feelings. When you realize who you are, you know that you are That, in which everything takes place. You are untouched by any event, any experience, by any thought or feeling. Everything merely takes place and you react accordingly.
Q: Thoughts will still come, but the effect will be different?
Madhukar: Thoughts only affect others. Before, two people got pissed off. Now only one, the other! If you would really be interested in freedom, you would not engage yourself in these kinds of thoughts. You will never find an answer like this. You have to return home, home to Source, stillness in which mind activities take place or not. You have to find out who is, not merely engage in how you imagine it to look like.
Q: Are there any good things that you give up when you become enlightened?
Madhukar: Things that harm you, you might give up. Otherwise, there is no need to give up anything or to change anything. Your professional career or your sexual activities have nothing to do with who you are. This belongs to the person. Some personality traits may fade away because there is no longer any stress, and most activities are caused by stress and fear. But generally speaking, you do not need to change anything. People have tried to change, to suppress, and to transform for thousands of years without result. You must learn from this. Do not repeat the same mistakes. One instant is enough to realize who you are. And who cares what happens afterwards? By engaging in transformation processes, by trying to achieve a state that has certain qualities, you can only reach a very mediocre state. And any kind of state is a limitation; any kind of state is not Truth.
Quotes from "The Simplest Way", direct awareness through dialogues with Madhukar. This precious book can be ordered in our shop: http://www.madhukar.org/englisch/sidelinks/shop/shop_1_1.html
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