*Questioner:* Do you experience the three states of waking, dreaming and sleeping just as we do, or otherwise? *Maharaj:* All the three states are sleep to me. My waking state is beyond them. As I look at you, you all seem asleep, dreaming up words of your own. I am aware, for I imagine nothing. It is not _samadhi_ which is but a kind of sleep. It is just a state unaffected by the mind, free from the past and future. In your case it is distorted by desire and fear, by memories and hopes; in mine it is as it is -- normal. To be a person is to be asleep. ---- Nice gem you uploaded there, ty !
*Questioner:* Do you experience the three states of waking, dreaming and sleeping just as we do, or otherwise?
*Maharaj:* All the three states are sleep to me. My waking state is beyond them. As I look at you, you all seem asleep, dreaming up words of your own. I am aware, for I imagine nothing. It is not _samadhi_ which is but a kind of sleep. It is just a state unaffected by the mind, free from the past and future. In your case it is distorted by desire and fear, by memories and hopes; in mine it is as it is -- normal. To be a person is to be asleep.
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Nice gem you uploaded there, ty !