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.

Seeker

My Master told me ‘just sleep and eat’. [Smiles]

Ananta

Very good, very good, it’s very, very helpful no? SomeHmes a simple thing like this can just take out all the other stuff that we are ge^ng troubled by.

Seeker

So, ‘My Master told me just sleep and eat’ and in that my quesHon appeared, saying ‘What about these normal things that I have to do on a daily basis?’

Ananta

This is the thing, the Master told you ‘just eat and sleep’ but you say ‘Hey, what about that other stuff’ and if you are going to take words that Master is telling you because he is your Master… so he must have (or she must have) a resonance, must have a sense of what is the best way to point you to the Reality. But if you take everything that the Master is saying and you say ‘Hey, why, what, does it really work?’ then you are the Master sHll, then beZer not call anyone else as the Master. The Master is who you will follow no? The Master means ‘I am going to follow this one.’ Now, as opposed to a friend or a teacher or a guide, a Master is different. You went to, presumably you must have gone to the Master and said ‘What shall I do Master?’ And Master said ‘Just sleep and eat’ but you say ‘What about the other stuff?’ And if it has to fit into your construct of what the instrucHon should be like, then the instrucHon is already lost no? So when I hear for example of ‘Just sleep and eat’ it reminds me of ‘Just remian open and empty.’ Because these are very natural things which will unfold anyway so don’t trouble yourself. So don’t do your Master the dis-service of le^ng the mind overrule the Master’s instrucHons. Because then your mind is sHll the Master. The one that has the veto power that is the Master no?

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