The Basis for Not Believing Thoughts - 12th Sept. 2016

The basis for not believing our thoughts... that takes a lot of effort. I do not believe in a way, right? And then if we are saying that he'll hardly bother us or whatever, you can find already that it is busy. I'm just going to let them go, yeah. And some will stick; these ones are those which have been nourished a lot in the past with revelations, yeah. So what to do with these? Is that the question? Oh no, what I'm saying is that when we choose not to believe the thoughts, right, and because we don't want to suffer or go through, you know, don't go on the other... just because they're not true, yeah. Because they're not the best or because I don't want to follow the path of the mind and not to go there. I don't know whether it's true or not true. I don't want to think about it, right? Because it's just...

It's a very important point, yes. Unless it is clear that the mind is not telling us the truth, there will be times when the mind is able to sell us some tickets, you see. So we must be able to look at this and say why is it? Because every single thought has a presumption that the separation happened; that it is speaking to a separate entity, see. If it is only one, only one, then why do I need a voice to talk to myself? Yes. So it is seen now that these thoughts are referring to you as if you should be, as if you are a separate entity, I see. They are not saying that you are awareness. They are not saying, 'Awareness, you better pick up the groceries.' Or they're not referring to you as the truth of what you are. They are referring to you as if you are a separate entity, you see. So that is the basis for not believing them—not only the motive to be rid of my suffering, although it is that, but the true reason is because they are not true. They are not speaking to the truth of what I am. They are speaking to the pretense of what I am, I see, you see? And we are done with playing that pretender. You are done with the false because you cannot find this person. So, I'm done catering to the needs of that one which I cannot find.

Well, you said it so well. It's like a voice talking to my own self. Why do I need confirmation from you, like some other?

Yeah, exactly. If it is you, if it is you, then why do you need a voice to communicate with yourself? Yeah. It's just like you pick up the phone and the voice on the other end is saying, 'Hello, it's you calling.' So that's what's happening with the mind. You are already you. Why do you need a voice to talk to yourself, see? So it's just a wrong number that is picked up, saying, 'Yeah, it's you. This is what you have to do.' And because it speaks authoritatively, we have given a lot of power to this without really saying, 'So, who is this? Whose voice is this? It is speaking to whom?'