The One That Is Truly Here Is Only the Self - 20th February 2018

And what you say is true, but if you were truly, truly look at it in reality, that is all you can claim. That is actually all that you can claim. The one that claims everything else is the 'no one', you see? The one that claims 'my body, my family, my relationship, my freedom, my hands'—you see, that is the 'no one'. You don't find this one. Over the years, how many times have I asked in Satsang: 'So who is the one that wants to produce that one? I will give it to that.' It never produced that one because that is a 'no one'. It doesn't exist. The one that is truly here is only the Self.

But I know what you mean. And this false claimant of all property is a non-existent one. It has a lawyer, which is the voice we take for the thinking, the mind. Who's your client? Who are you representing? 'Me, me, me.' Your boss—who is that one? Let's not go there. Many times I start speaking to someone: 'So what do you get? What do you get if you ask who you are? Is it very useful? Is it very joyful? Is that what you get?'

I think, suppose you did not get anything at all. Did not find any blessing, did not find any bliss, did not find any peace, did not find any joy. Wouldn't you still be trying to find out who you are? Because everything that you seem to be doing is for this 'you'. If you're climbing a wall, wouldn't you want to find out for whose benefit you are climbing this wall? And I say, there comes a point where the longing becomes so pure that we don't care what happens as a result of this recognition, as a result of this realization. You don't care about the perks. You just want to know what is real, you see? Because it is working even in this. Apparently, there is something that is good; it is the dropping of the false and this truth becoming so.