श्रीरामSatsang with Ananta
Surrender & Grace

‘I Want to Be Mooji’

Love is freedom, not control; having a Guru means problems belong to the Guru, not you - the best gift to suffering children is your freedom, not your suffering.

Seeker

I love my children very much.

Ananta

Love, you have no trouble, it’s not really a concept no? Mothers love is beyond all concepts, any love is beyond all concepts. It’s just natural even for other species who don’t have language love can…so it is not love that is the problem.

Seeker

No maybe it’s a controlling love someHmes.

Ananta

So control is not love. Love is freedom, control is wanHng, control is desire.

Seeker

Is it wrong to want your children to be happy.

Ananta

[Laughing] It depends, you maybe fixated on your idea of what their happiness means. [Silence] And without your idea of them being happy God would stop doing his job, all these Gods [Pictures of various Gurus] that are looking at you are powerless without your thinking about their happiness. [Laughing]

Seeker

[Laughing-Crying] That is possible

Ananta

Exactly, they don’t know what to do, they are just Gods, you have to tell them what to do? You must be their God then because you give them guidance. [Chuckling]

Seeker

Because of Anna’s condiHon, her sickness freaks me out, and this makes me unable to be an instrument of God.

Ananta

But it would be best for her to be in the Presence of an instrument of God.

Seeker

This is why I said I’ve been wanHng to be Mooji. [Satguru Mooji Baba] [Crying]

Ananta

You know the best way to be Mooji, best way to be Guruji, just hold his hand. [Silence] It is not to become something, it is to just be in the refuge of the Master. [Silence]

Seeker

But I’m crying heavily.

Ananta

Crying could be anything, crying is okay.

Seeker

I know it’s okay.

Ananta

What is the number one suffering thought?

Seeker

That my child is suffering. And that makes the other child suffer as well.

Ananta

Yes. And what is the best gie you can give to children who are suffering? Does your suffering help their suffering or does your freedom help their suffering?

Seeker

Freedom. [Sighs]

Ananta

So all of these Gods that are looking at you, you allow them or at least one of them to take control of your life and run it otherwise it’s pointless having all these Gods around. It’s like buying the best brand of vacuum cleaner in the word and then just keeping it on the side and you yourself moping the floors with your hands and doing the cleanup. [Silence] So to have a Guru and a problem at the same Hme is wasHng the Guru. You can either have a Guru or a problem. Which one you want?

Seeker

[Chuckling] The Guru.

Ananta

That’s it. Having a Guru means all problems belong to the Guru. They don’t belong to you. Good, good, good. You know my love and blessing s are always with you and I’m praying to Guruji [Mooji Baba] his grace takes care of whatever needs to be taken care of. But then you just have to trust that that Grace is taking care and don’t take on so much addiHonal burden onto yourself. The acHviHes that are happening from your body can conHnue to happen to help your children but the mental burden and the mental pressure you take onto to yourself you can transfer it at the feet of the Master. [Silence] Because it is that mental burden which is Hresome.

Seeker

Yes

Ananta

And you don’t need to carry it anymore.

Key Teachings

  • Love is freedom, not control - when we try to control our loved ones' happiness based on our own ideas, we take on unnecessary suffering
  • Having a Guru means all problems belong to the Guru, not to you - you can either have a Guru or a problem, not both
  • The best gift you can give to those who suffer is your freedom, not your suffering - transfer mental burden to the Master
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From: In Every Moment, We Can Live in the Ego’s Shadow or We Can Live in God’s Light - 7th July 2023