श्रीरामSatsang with Ananta
Mind & Thoughts

I Am Awareness, BUT...

True surrender to a Master means following their instructions without the mind questioning or overruling them, otherwise the mind remains the true master.

Ananta

Okay, good. So…that standard (which means); ‘This pointer or this tool that I am using (then) works’; what is the standard of ‘working’? That standard - that this path or this tool or this pointer is working - is not this ‘present’ moment meeHng that standard of working inherently by itself? SomeHmes, I just say organically? This is very, very important point. Otherwise, we may get stuck in the prison of pointers. [Smile] So that standard of ‘working’ (which the pointer seems to be poinHng to), that standard of Truth, is it not inherently here? Therefore, the pointer, was only doing the ge^ng rid of the falsity or the false-knowledge which seemed to be ge^ng in the way. It was only doing that job and so all pointers are basically, negaHon of other condiHoning. They are basically negaHon of other condiHoning, we can call it the false Self or not Self or the false Knowledge. So, a pointers job is to come in and explode that stuff - if you have too much individuality, egoisHc idea of doer-ship all of these things. A pointer like Guru Kripa Kevalam - all that is happening is master’s grace, in fact all is [the] master’s grace, like master’s grace is all there is (like that). And with that pointer which is also noHonal off course, is the negaHon of all of this pride, doer-ship, guilt and regret and all of these things. Now, if there is nothing lee to blow up then what would we mean by working [referring to the quesHon about the pointer which stops working]? Now, this is one thing that can happen that whatever had to be cleaned up is cleaned up and we are sHll waiHng for some sort of effects or something. The other thing that can happen is; that is why we have to keep changing the pointers every few Satsangs [Smiles] (is) because for example, if I say ‘Don’t believe your next thought now’ (which I used to say few years ago) I know that most of the ‘minds’ have good solid response to this now. You can say ‘no, no, but are you saying I am the do-er’ or some nonsense like that which we believe in. So, something here also comes up in a fresh way, the same thing is said but in different, different, different ways. Because aeer a while the same stuff, the mind is already figured out some strategy to oppose either in subtle or in strong ways. So, then that could be the meaning of pointer working. But the most important point, therefore pointer, I have for you is that, ‘whatever you mean by working is that not inherently here, here and now?’

Key Teachings

  • True surrender to a Master means following their instructions without the mind questioning or analyzing them
  • When you question the Master's words to fit your own understanding, your mind remains the true master with veto power
  • Simple instructions like 'sleep and eat' point to remaining natural and open, allowing things to unfold without troubling yourself
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From: I Am Awareness, BUT ... - 2nd May 2019