Your Greater Reality Is Beyond Time and Space - 30th January 2018
Saar (Essence)
Ananta guides seekers to recognize their true nature as the timeless, changeless Self that exists beyond the limitations of time and space. He encourages leaving the body-mind alone and resting in the inherent freedom of being.
Eternity is not an infinitely long time; it is that which is beyond time entirely.
You are the Self; you were never born and you will never die.
Leave the world alone, leave the body alone; it does not need intervention from an imagined entity.
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Transcript
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I say welcome to Satsang. So, I have some very good news for you. The big news today is that we are ourselves. Now, this is the good news. What's so cool about this? What's so cool about being yourself? What's the big deal? The big deal is that your greater reality is beyond time and space. Now, this is a very big deal, and to recognize this is what Satsang is for. Because so far in life, we've always identified ourselves with something which is contained in time and space. All our reports about us have been about an object which is within these four dimensions. But you are the Self, which means that whatever time it might be, I can say this to you and it is the truth. That is why I don't have to pick and choose a time, and I don't have to pick and choose a place. I don't have to pick and choose your circumstances. I don't have to pick and choose your relationships and the status of them. I don't have to worry about your monetary status, because all these things are in the realm of time and space. You are that which is beyond time. You are the Self.
Now, there can be some confusion about this, you see. And if you give it to the mind anyway, everything becomes confusing. But one of the confusions about this can be time. So, if I am the eternal one, then what was I doing before I created the world? What will I do after the world is gone? Because our eternity can seem like, 'Oh, it is that very long time.' You see, nothingness can seem like I've just been sitting around for a long time, billions of years, and then I create this world, then I dissolve this world, and again I'm sitting around for millions of years. But this is confusion. This is a mistaken notion of eternity. Eternity means that which is beyond time; it is not infinitely long time. Eternity means that in your light, time and space appear by your will. They disappear by the will of Consciousness itself, or the will of the Self. So, to ask what the Self is doing when it is not playing with the world is a mistaken notion, because that 'when' does not exist. There is no time there.
Now, also a cool thing about this: the cool thing about this is that your Self right now is not subject to time. Only that which is appearing in its light—this realm of appearance, this content—is subject to time. So, it is not that your being is getting any older; it is just independent of time. And this is a very important point. This content is moving around in time and space, but you are independent of these. Your very existence right now—and you cannot stop being this Being—is already beyond time and space. So, allow that which is moving in time and space to move. Allow this dance to happen as it will, but recognize your greater reality, which is a heart-listening presence. Recognize this: you are here, God is here, Self is here, Satguru is here. But this 'here' is not a 'here' contained in time or space; it is that which contains all things.
Now, it is some kind of magic that this Being, this Self, which is beyond time and space, plays as if it pretends it is just your person, so limited in time and in space. But this is never true about you. So, all that we are recognizing is that which is already true about you. And if there are seven billion conversations which are happening in this so-called world right now, 6.999999 billion transitions speak about you as a limited entity. And it is a very rare conversation which is inviting the recognition of your unlimitedness. And this conversation is called a Satsang, the company of the Truth.
I have some more excellent news for you, which is that as you remain empty of interpretations and judgments, empty of concepts, the recognition of your true Self is inherently present. The truth is apparent to you. So, you don't even have to struggle with this recognition. You don't even have to struggle with making it stable. It just is. All that can seem to happen... Mooji had this very beautiful example where one day he was sitting with his devotees and using a tiny finger, he covered his eye. And the devotee said, 'What are you doing?' Mooji said, 'Just like when we use this tiny finger, it can seem to prevent our sight of the entire universe, the same way a tiny concept, a tiny notion about ourselves, can seem to obscure the greater reality of what we are: the timeless, changeless Self.' And this is completely apparent to you right now. Meet yourself now and you will see that this is true. All limitation, all boundary, all duration are just notional constructs for you. They have no reality.
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So, if you want to meet the most enlightened being you will ever be, if you want to have the Darshan of that which is Krishna himself, meet yourself without judgment. The notion of meeting itself dissolves you. All interpretation or judgment is about something which is in time and space. Let this realm of time and space move on its own. Let this dance of Shiva for himself entertain you. But now you are done with the idea that you are contained within this dance. That is ignorance. As you are shining the light of your own Self-knowledge, all this ignorance is dissolving—the ignorance that I am a limited something, an object in time and space. All that I've said is true about you right now. You are the Self. You were never born, you will never die. Time is nothing. About you, can I ever lose yourself? Leave yourself before you never find yourself. You can only recognize what already has been you. And the terminology you use, whether you call it God, Guru, or Self, doesn't really matter. These are just words, concepts to point to that. Choosing this parable.
Now, the mind will comment here: 'But what does all of this mean for the body-mind which is located in time and space?' My advice about this is to forget about it. Because if I say that nothing has to change, then the mind will come and say, 'But the sage looks and appears different.' And if I say that your very presence will convey so much love, light, and peace, then the mind will say that this has to happen first; it becomes an expectation. So, as you are recognizing yourself to be that, your greater reality to be that which is beyond time and space, let everything which is in time and space take care of itself. And that especially includes this body-mind. Don't wait to find symptoms of freedom in this appearance to mean something for you, you see. See what you are already and don't allow any symptoms to simply convey that you are not free. Don't make judgments about yourself based on these for some time. Just let it be. Leave the world alone. Leave the body alone. It does not need any intervention from an imagined entity. And as you are discovering yourself to be the Self, you will see that all is shining your light anyway.
So, they seem to have a little more attention for my moments already. You go very, very messy. So, almost every teaching exists about how to leave it alone. Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi had prescribed two main paths to discover the pathless reality. What are the two main paths? They are surrender and self-inquiry. So, when the invitation comes from the mind to make something a thing, what you heard from the sage is to leave it alone. When the mind keeps inviting you and saying, 'All of this is a thing for you,' the problem is not the thing in itself, but the presumption that there is a limited 'you' who has to take care of that thing. So, whatever the mind's invitation, you don't have to make it anything. Nothing. Everything belongs. This is the path of surrender: letting go of what I am, meeting at my Mother's feet. But you can pick whatever metaphor seems most apt to you. Very simply, you are not making a thing out of anything. I think is the thing, you know what I mean?
The second is the path of self-inquiry, which means that when this invitation comes from the mind to make something out of nothing, to convince you that something of your own is actually you, then you use that for your self-inquiry. For example, if the mind is saying, 'I am not free yet'—it will be a popular notion—it is convincing you that you are a limited entity who needs to get something, which is completely opposed to your self-recognition that you are beyond all there is. 'I am not free yet.' Then inquire and see: who is the 'I' that is not free? When the thought comes, 'So-and-so was so-and-so,' even this. If there are some emotions, then you look with wonder. Let's see what witnesses even this. See as naturally as possible, as playfully as possible. We look for the reality of 'I'. This is the path of self-inquiry. And it doesn't have to be sitting there also. Why? It doesn't have to be nothing or yeah. As an actor with the ocean of knowledge, that with one the seeming second automatically arises. So, whatever is most natural to you is completely fine.
This is a sense as I will execute it, Father. It's like I'm dying here, nothing to hold on to anymore. Thank you so much.
All of the only in certain we can hear these candles. 'I'm dying here and I have nothing to hold on to.' But thank you, thank you. As we are letting go of all these conceptual crutches, we can—you will physically feel like we are falling into our unlimitedness. We are dissolving into the great unknown. The funny thing is that this great seeming unknown is Awareness itself. It is Awareness itself, so you can never really be lost. I feel like this is very good for today. It has been much more than more interpretations and concepts can come about. Thank you all so much for being in Satsang. Jai Guru Sri Mooji Baba.
Precisely all of us, all of us ascending on understand. Busy means to Father. I know that could you resist taking complete guilt. He's in the Satguru's care and we're sending all our love to you as well. Love to you and big up to you and everyone who is experiencing grief, which is completely natural at this time.
Just know that everything is taken care of. It's exactly as it should be. We all love you very much. Well, is it natural to miss the physical presence? So don't feel any body-mind is forgiving if there is grief arising. It is very much... you know that their presence is always there. That which is real has never gone anywhere. Yet in this world we play, it is natural to miss the physical presence of our loved ones. And when death comes, grief can come along with that. So don't resist. Don't resist. Doesn't matter who. Anytime we want to take any of us, you send us a message. Thank you for... thank you.
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