Knowing This, I Remain Here (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-12.4) - 23th November 2016

Name: Knowing This, I Remain Here (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-12.4) - 23th November 2016
Uploaded: 2016-11-23
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: Ananta explores Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-4, discussing how the Self is our natural state and why venturing into the 'quicksand' of the mind creates the illusion of effort.

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Ananta teaches that abiding as the self is our natural state, requiring no effort unless we first choose to engage with the mind's illusions and its complex, distracting quicksand.

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Effort is only required if I allow myself to fall into the distracted mind.

The self is my natural state; I don't venture into the quicksand of illusion at all.

Nothing to reject, nothing to accept, no joy, no sorrow—Lord God, I am here.

contemplative

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