3/1/23 & 3/8/23

Reading from I AM THAT dialogues of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Ch.68: “Seek the Source of Consciousness”

Specifically we had a discussion around the following Q&A:

Q: The adequate supply of means of livelihood is good for all. You may be God himself, but you
need a well-fed body to talk to us.
M: It is you that need my body to talk to you. I am not my body, nor do I need it. I am the witness
only. I have no shape of my own. You are so accustomed to think of yourselves as bodies having
consciousness that you just cannot imagine consciousness as having bodies. Once you realise that
bodily existence is but a state of mind, a movement in consciousness, that the ocean of
consciousness is infinite and eternal, and that, when in touch with consciousness, you are the
witness only, you will be able to withdraw beyond consciousness altogether.

Discussion question: In the above Passage, what does “I am the witness only” mean?