‘Can You Stop Being?’ Introduces You To Your Own Presence - 25th Apr 2016

So if there is a reporting of what is true and what is false, then we are already operating in the relative realm. Already the experiencing is in the relative realm to say something is true or false in the manifest creation. So it is true that from the ultimate perspective, even 'I am' is not true. And yet, in the relative perspective, all that we can see is true is that I am. So who is this I am? You come to the realization as I am, appearing to that which I truly am. Today, this is not true for most. So it is important to look at this. Is there anything apart from this I-amness here in this realm? Is there anything outside of your being?

Can being stop existing right now? Can you stop being? Right now? This is not theory, by the way. You're not in a hurry. And I'm saying: can you stop being? Don't think about it. Try to stop being. Is there ever a world without this being? Is there any appearance which is not experienced by this being? We have mistakenly taken the boundaries, the sensations of the boundaries of this body, to be the boundary of this being. We have mistakenly taken the sensations which suggest the boundary of this body. The boundary of the body is another set of sensations experienced within this being. Everything that appears in this manifest universe is only experienced within our being. One being. Even the idea of space and time is within this being.

In asking you, 'Can you stop being?' I'm introducing you to your own presence. There is no need to visualize anything, to create anything, to believe anything. Notice how everything is just an experience for your being, just an appearance within your being. The sound of the fan that you hear, the room—all of these are experienced within you. It does not exist outside of you. Even the imagination of what is seemingly outside is experienced within you. It has no existence prior to that. The entire universe is resting in your being. Check now and see if anything is outside of you. Is there anyone here, anything here besides this presence, besides this being?

Notice how everything is just happening on its own within this being. There is nobody here controlling anything. Check and see if there is an entity here which has your name. Anything at all? Check really. Try to find the one who wants freedom. Check if you can find anyone who has any wants or desires, any needs or aversions. See how all the events in our life are nothing but energetic moments within your own being. See how there is nobody suffering any experience which is appearing. Come to terms with your own vastness.

When the mind comes and says something is happening to you, notice that it is just a joke, because nothing can happen to this infinite being. And you have to have all experience within this being. And then the mind comes and says you must do something or not do something. You cannot find the doer, and yet everything is appearing and disappearing in the light of your own existence. You are not a good person, nor a bad person, or a spiritual person, or man or woman, girl, friend, being a wife or partner. You don't need pieces of paper, plastic, or metal for your existence. You just are. You don't rely on anything in the universe. They rest in you.

Drop all concepts, all ideas. The truth you know, you don't need to wait for anything at all. No need for any belief. The ego is just a belief, to believe a set of beliefs. What is present is consciousness as your being. And even the denial of consciousness can happen only within the being. You are aware of this being. This awareness is untouched even by being. And even the beingness in which the entire universe takes birth is only an aspect of what you truly are. This unchanging awareness. You are aware now. Only awareness is. Only awareness is you.

And as we gradually will bring attention back into the world, don't be so quick to go with what the mind is saying about you. Know that it is speaking about the non-existent one. Through simple checking, you have found yourself to be this being, and ultimately that which is aware even of this being. Whatever the mind might say does not apply to this awareness. Anything from the past, it might call you and say, 'I'm very important, take me.' Let it go, because it is not for you. It is only an idea. Remain without ideas and concepts. Know nothing at all. Don't even try to know. No need to know. Actual knowledge is worthless to you now. Only true knowingness remains as yourself.

This supreme intelligence does not need the support of your mind. You always have been and will remain this awareness. This is what you are. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti. If the mind is selling you something, don't buy it. If it is saying something happened or nothing happened, don't buy it. Don't run from silence; embrace it if you can. We can speak only if we feel that this silence is insufficient. Only your intuitive presence, your inner Guru. No mind story is worthy of your presence now. Experience the energy, experience the heart of it. Thank you all so very much for being in Satsang today. Moojiji Ki Jai.