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That Which is Everything Cannot Get Lost - 8th October 2016

October 8, 20162:0213 views

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Ananta points to the unchanging neutrality of the witnessing self, which remains untouched by the expansion or contraction of consciousness, reminding us that we are the space in which all appearances arise.

The witnessing of expansion and contraction is untouched by the expansion or contraction itself.
Space is within you; that which is already everything cannot get lost.
From the perspective of awareness, even the play of consciousness is a complete illusion.

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Transcript

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Ananta

It can come and go. Frustration can come and go, but in the neutrality you find the neutrality of the truth is untouched by this frustration or joy or bliss, you see. The witnessing of the expansion and the contraction is untouched by the expansion or contraction, you see. So as we are coming to this direct seeing that, in reality, my primary position is this witnessing itself, then this witnessing is always neutral. And yet, in the play of its own aspect—the dynamic aspect, Consciousness—there can be a sense of expansion or contraction.

Seeker

Is it a complete illusion, the contraction and the expansion?

Ananta

Yes, from this point, yes. From the perspective of awareness, even the play of Consciousness is a complete illusion, yes. This idea 'I will be lost in space' is just an idea. It is within you, you see. Space is within you, so you cannot be lost in space. If space is fearful that it might get lost within you, then we might listen to the space more than we can believe you saying 'I can be lost in space,' you see. Because that which is within something else, that can get lost. That which is already everything cannot get lost.

The Thread Continues

These satsangs touch the same silence.