guo gu wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:40 am
one common is continuous outpour of insights.
this happens when after an awakening, one has continuous intuitive understandings/insights into practically anything that s/he comes across, from scriptural/sutra passages, to poetry, to worldly knowledge. the problem is that one cannot stop oneself [if samadhi power is not strong enough]. the mind churns continuously, like information overload.
Reminds me of Consciousness and the Absolute, The Final Talks (sri niz)
Q: How did Maharaj get the name Nisargadatta?
M: At one time I was composing poems. It flow out continuously until
my guru cautioned me, " you are enjoying composing these poems too
much; give them up!"
What was he driving at? His objective was for me to merge in the
Absolute state instead of reveling in my being-ness.
This was the way I realized knowledge, not through mental
manipulation. My guru said: "this is so, and for me, it was finished!
If you continue in the realm of intellect you will become entangle
and lost in more and more concepts.
Consciousness is time flowing continuously. But I, the Absolute, will
not have its company eternally, because consciousness is time bound.
When this being-ness goes, the Absolute will not know `I Am".
Appearance and disappearance, birth and death, these are the
qualities of being-ness; they are not your qualities. You have
urinated and odor is coming from that-are you that odor?
Q: No, I am not.
M: This being-ness is like that urine. Can you be that being-ness?
Q: Absolutely not!
M: You required no more sadhana. For you, the words of the Guru are
final.
http://nisargadatta.net/conab.html