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Neither Doing nor Not-doing. All Is Happening. - 9th February 2018

February 9, 20188:1719 views

Saar (Essence)

Ananta clarifies that true non-doing is a state of neutrality and witnessing rather than a mental position of laziness, emphasizing that all activity arises from the same source regardless of personal choice.

The neutrality I speak of is more about witnessing than deciding whether to do or not do.
Sitting on the bed and doing nothing is also a form of doing; activity in the world is unceasing.
As long as it seems we have a choice, we can use intelligence to move toward a higher choice.

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Transcript

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Seeker

It's fine, but at the same time you have said that this unchanging... I'm saying at least in some state that time, because what happens is many times we also come to satsang and we want to be just a phenomenal aspect of ourselves and you looking for solutions for that. So my notation many times will start saying this in the beginning of it is there at least for... let's give this time to this. After sensing something, there is all spontaneous arts to and something there is a little effort to move away from other distractions, right? And after, because otherwise what can happen is the mind can create this encounter position and there can be a relation of this place, sense of negativity even when we think very anything whether become a part of our condition. I have seen that when you say that you don't have to do, mind takes up that possession: 'Don't do this.' Just want it as there is no pushing this one also, like a child. Sometimes as a parent you in children asking for cakes and sweets, you know, you know not reachable. Should we be watching mom like that would just like three in some way in some sort of guidance which is comfy now as to this?

Ananta

We will see that anyway you seeing starting to see already that all these movements are happening on their own. The one that is screaming some control is really more... but I know that as long as it seems like we have some choice, it seems like that you do something, we can move towards a higher choice. But if you do some timely intelligence, something which seemed like the lower choice is to forget about and it isn't fresh, yeah.

Ananta

Initially I had taken the not making an effort in a tone because as well have been clarifying also over the past few weeks that not... it's more not applicable and to do or not to do. The neutrality which I'm speaking of is a lot applicable than saying 'Should I do this or not do this?' Oh, my mind only understand these offices saying that you don't have to do anything, so therefore it will not do. If somebody came to be with you also once and say 'I am not to do,' why you asked me to become like a position of not doing on the ocean? Because an independent teaching can be quite confusing because 'I'm just not going to do anything spiritual, I am just going to, you know, watch TV and sit on my bed.' But sitting on the bed not doing is also doing.

Ananta

So if we come to that place of neutrality, able to see that I'm just witness. Like we have a choice, can make the choice to not believe the next thought. That's unchristian except you leave me and girl, I'm killed motion they need in the opposite position velocity. Then we come to this, this witnessing. 'What should I do next if it's all under there? Don't have to do, so I can watch a movie.' But that's also an ocean because we are doing all of these motions, sometimes requiring action movie app and it's all seem to be this tap. It's very light now.

Ananta

There's also briefs because it makes a deeper investigation when you read this the first time you hear 'You are not the doer.' If you in the world is a world of activities, activities unceasing. You can... sitting down is an activity in line. So activities aren't seizing. It is the same source whether I am doing or not doing the activity. Yes, it's low now in a way because that individual 'I' at this time, these attributes, desiring pollen sister countess on there or doing or not doing this part of the activity of the world and all that activities of the world happening actually.