Does the Highest Not Also Include You? - 12th February 2018
Saar (Essence)
Ananta explains that the 'highest' or God cannot exclude the self, as true omnipresence must include 'I am'. He guides seekers to drop the mask of the limited ego and remain in motionless resistance.
The highest must include you; otherwise, there would be something even higher that does.
Saying 'God is here' is exactly the same as saying 'I am'.
To attach an attribute to this unlimited being is to put on the mask of the 'me'.
contemplative
Transcript
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This halfway doubt is impossible. You cannot say that the highest is there but I am not. 'The highest is there but I am not' is like into zero, because if it is the highest, then it cannot be this which is just high enough that it excludes you. It must be something higher than that which includes you. If the highest is true, can it be that the highest must be there but it can't include me? Because then there will be a higher than that which will include you also. So either there is no highest, or it is already here. As I said, halfway doubt is not possible. And what I'm telling you is from tasted experience; it is not from intellect reasoning, but also showing you that even with reasoning it is not possible to doubt.
All of us say God is everywhere. When most of us say God is everywhere, when most of humanity says God is everywhere, they mean God is everywhere but me. And if everybody believed that, then God is everywhere but me for everyone, then what is God? That is the great thing about this discovery. And I said that it sounds distinct when I say God is here; it can sound distant when I say God is everywhere. But what if you were to discover that saying God is here is the same as saying I am? They are completely the same. What is here, like we said the other day, 'God now' is the same as saying 'I am'.
Basically, we are operating in one of the modes: either 'God now' or 'me now'. Because while there's a 'me', there's a how to see the 'God now'. It's just I am. And 'I am something' is 'me now'. Yes, I am is 'God now'. But to attach an attribute to this unlimited, attributeless Being is to pose, to pretend, to put on the mask of the 'me'. That is why my advice is to remain in a motionless resistance.