The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

Wave-Station Seven:No dependence on thoughtsmemories-emotionsassociations-perceptions-aperceiver-the body.This is called by NisargadattaMaharaj the I Am, and representsmore than 90% of Maharaj’steachings. This is because, mosteveryone, including “me”, was justtrying to get beyond the mind, andthe earlier stations. (By the way,at the time, none of us knew thiswas just a station). This wavestationrepresents the destinationof almost all “spiritual”practice, i.e. realizing you arenot the mind.However, Maharaj points out thatthe “I am” also is a temporarystate, in the style of the ZenMasters of old, he refuses toallow you to “nest” as this is not“It”, or “you”.Wave-Station Eight:Nature with no “I”“Here” there is nature, with no“I”. However it still contains aknower with a known.144