Nisargadatta (in the natural state)

a sage named Nisargadatta lived in india

where he sold beedies (indian cigarettes) 

for a living

he lived in a simple quarters 

with his family

he had in him a desire for freedom

but this did not burn strong until

later when his children were grown

he would sit on the steps by his house 

and contemplate the pure soul of all

he found himself many times lost in the SELF

where he sank deeply

and he had no desire to come out of it 

he had a Guru that passed into maha samadhi

very soon after Nisargadatta was instructed by him

his Guru told him few words 

the main teaching was to stay with the *I am*

so he abided this well

his Guru had also told him that his spirit 

was eternal and beyond form and mind 

Nisargadatta talked to himself words like this 

why would my Guru lie to me?

this must be completely true that my being 

is eternal and filled with light 

he did not let the mind creep in to say words 

to dissuade and pull him into shadow

he kept himself on course by saying

why would my Guru speak untrue words?

and he would spend time contemplating 

his Guru's words 

he would not spend time convincing himself

he was this or that 

but would relax into his Guru's words

and little by little his mind became 

increasingly silent and filled with
love, peace and joy
he continued to sit in silence during his

free time
and eventually he sank into the source
thru the gate of the *I am*
which was to be his main teaching

after finding himself in truth 

beyond one shadow of a doubt

he wandered the plains of india
as a renunciate for a time

but eventually returned to his family

dwelling place

where he stayed and souls would 

come to him and ask questions 

which he would speak with great force 

and fire his responses 

he would speak with absolute conviction

and sterness about the true SELF 

in which all living beings are made of at heart 

he would speak to the eternal beyond form

he would speak to the life force 

the non-dual, deathless reality 

he had no fear anywhere and from anything 

he was a simple man of courage and force 

and fire 

he burned with truth and it was felt deeply 

by those that came near him

he passed into maha samadhi without a single

bit of fear 

he could not be that corpse
that is to turn to dust and blow

with the winds 

how very untrue and unreal that is 

and so he lives as deathless reality as 

all those that are within truth live 

timeless
as the SELF of all