श्रीरामSatsang with Ananta
The Self (I Am)

All Is The Will Of Consciousness, You Are Consciousness

All is the will of Consciousness and you are Consciousness itself - the mind cannot grasp the infinite, but the heart's intuitive Presence is the true Master that guides without dependence on the false.

Seeker

But still these decisions have to be done. And...

Ananta

Okay, good. This reminded me of the remaining part of your question. You said that it can seem very serious. Now, something can happen to you right now, your body right now, which can seem really serious. And, that is, your breath may stop, your heart may stop beating, that which is holding the molecules of your body together may stop holding them together and they may just fall all over the place. So, these things I would call serious. Now, who is doing all of this, beating the heart, breathing the breath and keeping the body together?

Seeker

Just God does everything.

Ananta

Yes. Yes. So, what is the limitation to that one which can do all of this and much more, all of this fantastic play of manifestation?

Seeker

No limitation at all.

Ananta

So, it cannot move your feet to the doctor, or not move your feet to the doctor, it can?

Seeker

It can do whatever it wants to do.

Ananta

Yes, yes.

Seeker

And, because if a thought comes to this mind 'Go to the doctor' and I say 'No, I am not going to the doctor', even that thought that I`m not going to the doctor is from the same God.

Ananta

Exactly.

Seeker

Whatever the decision, is not my decision, it's God's decision. And like this, it's not my responsibility.

Ananta

Yes, but who are you now?

Seeker

[Laughing] Yeah, I see, yes, yes...

Ananta

Somewhere, we can get into this form of Advaita also which has become very popular in the last ten years where it can feel like 'I am not the doer, but I am not the doer, everything is for God to do'. But I did not say that. I actually said that there is only God and if there is doing or will, then it must belong to That One which Is. You see? So, all is the will of Consciousness, but you are Consciousness.

Seeker

Yes, I see...

Ananta

Otherwise, what may happen sometimes is that we can get get very strongly into this mental paradigm that I am not the doer, but who is the 'you' that is not the doer? Who is the 'you' that is not the doer? Are you still referring to yourself as the non-existent one?

Seeker

Yeah, yeah, exactly. But then still the question is why God wants to suffer for Itself?

Ananta

With what can you understand the reason that God has?

Seeker

I can`t, but maybe you can.

Ananta

I can, but not with this [Pointing to the head]. Not with the head. So, that`s why often I say that this idea of cause and effect and reasoning and 'Why?' is the human mind`s attempt to grasp the mind of God, which it cannot do. It is like a bucket saying ‘Can the ocean come inside me, because I have that experience of the ocean'. It cannot, because it's only a bucket. In the same way, the mind is only a bucket. Your heart, which is your intuitive Presence, is the true Master, is the true Satguru Presence. So, when you say,’ you can’ you’re referring to this Presence, the Presence of the Master within your very heart and what you need to do to access that is to just let go of the false, to let go of any dependence on the false [points to the head], and then the True is always available to you. But not in a way that once it’s available to you you can squeeze it into your head. It's never available like that. Even the words of Satsang don`t really match the insight that is available in the heart. But they are mere pointers and ultimately rubbish, you see. They are just meant to point you provisionally away from what you may think about yourself, or the world, or the Truth, or God, any of that. Just to point you away from the false, that is the only purpose.

Seeker

Yeah, because now it has come, like, if I would be walking all the time hand by hand with you, or with Guruji [Sri Mooji], maybe I could be without any identification. I mean, I could be, like, there wouldn't be any identification at all. But by myself it's just always coming back, even if I had millions of Satsangs and I always, every time, every day, a lot of times, was listening to nothing else but Satsangs and doing everything for it, but it`s always coming back really strongly, this identification. [Sighs]Yes..., yes...This is God's will then.

Ananta

You can effortlessly drop the idea of time. The one that does, does not do, is always in front of Satsang, wants some future to be like that – [waving hands] leave it.

Seeker

[Chuckles] I can leave it now, right now.

Ananta

You leave time now, but in the future time will come back?

Seeker

Yes! [Both laughing]

Ananta

What’s the future, if you left time?

Seeker

[Laughing] I don`t know. [Pauses] I just don't really know now.

Ananta

That's true. [Both laughing]

Seeker

So, about the decisions...[Laughing]

Ananta

The One that is present, the One that is here has no problem with decision making, everything is just an aspect of Itself, is a child of Itself, is just an appearance within Itself. The one who doesn't exist is very concerned about what decision.

Seeker

[Laughing] It's just somebody inside waiting for you to tell me what to do [Laughing] but I can see... that it does not exist...Thank you very much Ananta.

Ananta

You`re so welcome, so welcome. Very good, very good.

Key Teachings

  • All is the will of Consciousness - even thoughts and decisions come from the same source, so there is no separate doer
  • You are Consciousness itself, not the personal doer - the mind cannot understand God like a bucket cannot contain the ocean
  • The heart's intuitive Presence is the true Master; satsang pointers only point away from the false, they are not the truth themselves
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From: You Cannot Go to the Heart, You Can Only Let Go of the False - 9th April 2021