Just Stop

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3. A couple of thoughts

The Q&A format of Nisargadatta's "I Am That" reveals that its main purpose is to identify concepts (in the questions) and unhook them (in the answers) - the same process I described above. This probably goes a long way towards explaining the popularity and effectiveness of that particular teaching. The individual Q&As are short and incisive enough to get to the heart of the matter with as little fuss and distraction as possible. They leave little room for the monkey-mind to spin up its intellectual-justification generator.

The other thought is that Nisargadatta's comment about earnestness reveals how critical it is to the success of the endeavour. "Experiment with any theory you like -- if you are truly earnest and honest, the attainment of reality will be yours."