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The state of being, which is the
message ‘I am’, without words,
is common to all, change begins
only with the mind-flow.
That
stage when the message ‘I am’
had just arrived and was
word-free
is
common to all.
Everybody goes through this
period, the non-verbal state,
only knowing
that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’.
In
this stage there only exists the
opposite ‘you are not’ or ‘I am
not’.
Your
movements from ‘I am’ to ‘I am
not’ or vice-versa occur quite
spontaneously
with no volition at all.
Changes begin as soon you are
taught words or language and
very soon the
concepts
take over, your verbal life or
the mind-flow begins.
Along with these come the three
states of being awake, dreaming
or deep sleep
and
you believe that you are an
individual with a body and mind
functioning
in
this world.
Now,
you meet the Guru and he tells
you to rediscover this long lost
wordless,
nascent
‘I am’.
It is still there and you have
to relive it – that is the
‘Sadhana’ (thePractice).