Pointers from Nisargadatta Maharaj

I had no intention of writing a book on the teaching of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. The material that appears in this volume emerged spontaneously, dictated, in a fine frenzy that surcharged my being, by a compulsive power that could not be denied. There was no alternative but to write, to reduce to a verbal level the abstract comprehension of the Master's words. Actually, it was more like listening than writing, though my pen apparently formed words and sentences on the paper before me. When the first piece, now a chapter in this book, was written, I found my thoughts running way ahead of the writing. And what I wrote was put away in a folder without even being read over again. I did not then expect there would be more of such writing, let alone as many as fifty odd pieces. Each time there would be this feeling of compulsion to put in writing a particular topic which Maharaj dealt with; each time the article was put away in the folder without being revised or even read over. When about fifteen articles had been so collected, a friend of mine, Keki Bunshah of Hong Kong, an ardent fellow devotee, happened to call at my residence. While we were discussing a particular point, I happened to mention that some writing had come about on that very subject only the previous day. Of course Keki, keen as ever, would not let me slip out of what had already been said and was insistent that he be allowed to read the article.

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