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How to Invoke the Presence of Satguru? - 11th October 2016

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Ananta explains that the Satguru is the unassociated presence of Being within, guiding consciousness to transcend its own play of personal conditioning through various paths of devotion or inquiry to return to its original, formless innocence.

The Satguru is the presence of your own Being, unassociated with any concept or egoic pretense.
Consciousness creates the spiritual path for itself to free itself from the delusion of personhood.
The purpose of any form or deity is to become the object of devotion leading to the formless.

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Transcript

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Seeker

How do you invoke Guru? How do you invoke here, yeah? And where do you find him and how do you find him? And one more comment is, you know, in your presence when we talk about the real feeling is that's what we are, but when we are out, then it kind of fades away. Or you don't need to know how to invoke that back so...

Ananta

Well, how to invoke my presence is easy. You, Monday 11:00 AM, you log on to the presence of your being. An associated being is the Satguru. Is that the appearance of such one in this phenomenal realm shows you that there is a complete possibility to remain unassociated with the ego and still functioning—normal functioning of life can continue. And in fact, it's a beautiful appearance which is so magnetic, you see. The Satguru is only pointing us to the true Satguru within. How to invoke this one? To find the presence I Am. Can you stop being now? This beingness, unassociated with any concept, is the Satguru always at the core of your existence. It is only this, yeah.

Seeker

But is he so dumb that he cannot act on his own? On his own means what?

Ananta

So the inner Satguru may be your intuition, spiritual intervention. Let me explain. Now, consciousness, we've learnt that has the power of pretense, the power of belief. And in most of humanity, it is picking up pretend ideas about itself and pretending as if it is personal, you see. But even in the pretense, the reality of it is unchanged. So it is the will of the Satguru, it is the will of consciousness to experience itself in a personal way that it is operating like that, you see.

Ananta

Now, it is designed for itself this play where to get rid of all of this conditioning, even that it wants with variety and music and drama, I see. It wants all of that experience to happen. So it has designed all these various paths for itself to free itself from this delusion of personhood, you see. So some will do Karma Yoga, some will do Raja Yoga, some will do self-inquiry, some will do Hatha Yoga, Sri Vidya—all of these things, various, various things they will do with the... if the urge is real, then with the urge for dropping of all that is conditioning, you see.

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Ananta

So this is what is happening where the consciousness playing with interest in the personal game is adding more and more conditioning to itself, and consciousness losing its interest in the personal game and wanting to return to its own simplicity, its own innocence, is then following the spiritual path which it has created for itself to free itself from all of this conditioning.

Seeker

So would I say that I can find my inner Guru?

Ananta

Yes, if with more of faith, devotion, sincerity, yes. And that's all about... for depending on your temperament, the path which is most appealing to you is the path to the Satguru. It's like faith, devotion, love, service—they sound like terrible words for some. Words like inquiry, intellect, asking yourself questions—they sound like terrible words. So just like we were sharing yesterday or day before, depending on your temperament, there are various even forms which are available in Hinduism. So if you are attracted naturally to the righteous aspect of consciousness, you can choose your... as your deity and surrender everything at the feet of Ram. If you are attracted to another aspect, I am sure there will be a god available for whatever aspect. There are millions of gods which are available, but that the purpose of that form is to become the object of your devotion so that it can lead you to the formless you.

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