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It can be. Nisargadatta may have answered "whatever arises within consciousness is a paradigm". He wasn't in huge favor of "states". According to him non-duality is a state. So that could be seen as a paradigm. Absolute truth is no Knowing. When the "I am" has gone into oblivion all that remains is the absolute. Listen to what is said in the first 2 mins.

@StephenK That answers it and it makes perfect sense. I too had the same realization of toddler vs. adult.

@Nahm Sounds more like a dog food.

@PhilGR Did you see this yet?

@PsiloPutty

@Serotoninluv A single pointed thought can hold great power. With a well focused thought you can hover above yourself and watch.

@QandC Good point. I guess it's all about how enlightened they are. An understanding beyond paradox.

@QandC Would stopping the meteor be resisting what is?

@QandC Here's something to ponder. If a meteor was going to wipe out an entire planet of enlightened beings, if they could would they stop it from happening?

@tentacion Does a bear shit in the woods? Yea, it's all god. Have you realized who god is yet? That's the best part of it.

@Extreme Z7 It's interesting to look at the languages of some cultures to get insights into how they viewed reality. For instance in some native American languages there was no reference to time and space as in "than" or "there" or "when".

@Feel Good Do as you wish.

@Feel Good Let it go. You are now trolling and hijacking this thread. Consider this fair warning.

Who owns this china shop?

@Joseph Maynor Sometimes less is more. @Feel Good He's right about that.

@Preetom Nothing woo woo about it at all. Nisargadatta had been expecting you. I'm sure of it.

@Preetom That just cracks me up! Thanks It really puts things into perspective.

@Preetom That strikes so true. Nisargadatta isn't for everybody but when I found him in my later years it was like "Yes, every word he utters is absolute truth". The connection there was exactly what I had been searching for.

@Preetom I like the story Wolinski tells of when first meeting with Nis and Nis asks him "Do you know who you are?" And he describes all the things he has experianced to Nis and he's going on and on about it. Then he looks over at Nisargadatta and he said "Nisargadatta was stairing at me with a look of total disgust on his face". hahaha

@Preetom That's good! Thanks for sharing that.

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@SoonHei It would be well worth farther investigation.

Yes- he uses the word on and not of the absolute. He also said that consciousness appears on the absolute as if on a screen. Which suggests IMO, that everything which appears on the screen of consciousness is illusion. Consciousness is an aspect of the absolute but not the absolute itself. Again this is only my opinion but I believe any experiance of the absolute is really an experiance of the screen but not the absolute itself b-c there is no direct experiance of the absolute as it is beyond all apperances.

@Preetom Exactly!!! Para-brahman that is according to Nis?

@Preetom My main concern is about this state that lies beyond consciousness. Well it can't really be called a "state" but someting is there. And according to Nisargadatta that "something" is the absolute. Am I mistaken?