The bold claim on the front cover of this book - “a modern spiritual classic” - couldn’t be more appropriate, unless prefaced by something like, “timeless Self, in the form of…” For to Nisargadatta, everything is this Self, or everything is Consciousness, or God/Isvara/Brahman, each relative to the beliefs of those addressed. Whatever it is named, the philosophy of the lineage he upholds (Navanath Sampradaya, or the tradition of the Nine Masters) proposes that all is “Advaita”, or “not-two.” That is, the seemingly separate elements of an impersonal non-duality by any other name are still just That. In the course of these transcribed and translated dialogues, the Guru rarely deviates far from this central truth, and then only to bring the listener back home to the undisturbed resting within the all-encompassing Self. Although barely literate, Nisargadatta will astound the seeking reader with unequalled insight into the very marrow of the human condition. His words are unique - they allow one into close proximity with his Divine Grace. This is really the archetypal “desert-island” book, worth the lifetime of study. But these words, pointers towards his words, themselves signposts to the unspeakable, cannot do justice here. As of wisdom itself, it must be experienced to be understood - and then forgotten - he would’ve liked that.