What It Means to Contemplate/Inquire-Basic Pointers- 15 July 2015

Name: What It Means to Contemplate/Inquire-Basic Pointers- 15 July 2015
Uploaded: 2015-07-15
Duration: 20 min 1 s
Description: Ananta explains the depth of spiritual contemplation versus thinking, guiding a seeker through an inquiry to find the witness beyond the mind, body, and person.

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Ananta guides the seeker to distinguish between mere thinking and true contemplation, which involves checking one's direct experience to recognize the witness that remains untouched by the movement of thoughts, emotions, and presence.

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Contemplation is not an effortful mental state; it is observing what is seen as opposed to believing the thought.

You are aware of the mind, but the mind is not aware of you.

Check for yourself: Are you somewhere where awareness is not, or is awareness somewhere where you are not?

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