What Is Real About You? - 2nd January 2018

What is real about you? Is there something about you which is not an object? Is there something about you which is not just a perception, or are you only a bundle of perceptions? A set of sensations singing quietly. So, one set of perception sensations we have called the world; let these perceptions be as they are. Another set of sensations perceptions we have called the body; let these sensations also be as they are. Another set of sensations we have called emotions; let them also be. Don't meddle with anything at all. Another group of sensations are called thoughts; allow them to come and go. Just let them be. Don't try to control anything about anything. This is what I mean by your notionless existence, your surplus being.

Now, the merchant of position will come and say, 'But this set of sensations, you have to do something about these appearances. You cannot just let them be.' And in that story, you believe yourself to be a limited entity. You believe yourself to be in the body, the mind. You exclude and divide and separate. The oneness which is so natural seems to get pushed to the background and we believe ourselves to be something limited. And that is the reminder we have in Satsang: let the world be as it is. Let the body be as it is, including the actions and non-actions of the body.

I am not talking about the state of the body. The body can be active or inactive; just let it be. Just like the waves of the ocean can be humorous or placid; the ocean is not doing it. So, let the body be does not mean that it has to be like a vegetable. All actions and reactions and non-actions can come. It's like thoughts; all various qualities can come and go. It's like now most of you see that you are not trying to improve the quality of your thoughts anymore. Some of you might still be trying to change the quality of your emotions, but the trying to control itself seems to make them oppressive.

What is the past now except another group of perception sensations? Or the future? Just another set of projections. But you remain untouched, blank space.