Getting Rid of the Ideas of the Non-Self - 9th February 2018

Let's talk about the same. Nothing can be said, so maybe all that we are doing is talking about how to get rid of the ideas of the non-self, isn't it? But strangely enough, they are all gone now in this moment. Okay, now there is nothing. So first, shall we invent some trouble and then a video session? That is why this is called a clean-off. Let's pick up on an imagined problem for the imagined entity, the imagined ego, then let's discover how to be rid of it. Or just enjoy what is. The greatest being in the world is here: your very existence, your presence. And you know who it is? It is the same guy, the mind, absolutely important to say, 'Leave your presence for a minute.' Because this is really important, and all that I'm saying in Satsang is nothing is more important. It can seem like an exchange. You can never truly exchange your being for a thought, but it can seem like we make this exchange of this beautiful presence, the ever-present being, for just a notion that the mind is offering now.

It's like you're already vacationing in the most beautiful spot in the world, but this travel agent comes and says, 'You know, I have brochures for very beautiful places. Would you like to see?' And I know that human curiosity is such that if you don't see, then it can seem like it's too difficult. Maybe he had a better place after all. So even look at the brochures, let them come and go. You see where you are. I know that there is nothing better than this. And the experience that you might have will just be moving scenery in the light of your very being. You don't need any fireworks, anything, excitement. Well, that can come and go. You stay until concepts of how this should be, the greatness of this is apparent. That is why these days I am not saying so much. The reach is so simple, so regular, because that has been misunderstood. The discovery is simple. What is discovered is the greatest, but it cannot be captured with your mind. It is beyond concepts and perceptions, but it is not beyond you.

That you exist is not a concept for you; it is your living truth. That you are aware of this existence is not a concept for you; it is your reality. And this reality that you are aware is unchanging. If there is an unchanging Atma, this is it. You don't have to go looking anywhere else. All of you already know that which appears disappears, that which comes goes. What are you waiting for? Something to come? Something to happen? The travel agent is offering you tickets, but where have they got you so far? That which the mind has sold you in the past—what amazing holidays have you had with the mind? Nothing is greater than what already is. How many are still waiting for that special moment, special experience? Imagine that it has happened, it has gone, and now you are here. You just have to begin to witness the experience. And now you're here. This 'is-ness', this 'your-ness', this 'is-ness' has not changed, whatever your previous experiences might have been.

Please know what is here now. This is God. This is the Self. As God said, 'I Am that I Am.' You are that 'I Am' which is the 'I' which is the 'I' that is this. 'I Am'. This 'I' is which one with the 'I' that is you.