Is Your Life for God? The Moment-to-Moment Choice

So then first the question must be: Is there God? And if there is God, how can there be a story about 'me'? Is the question clear? I was sharing with M. before the rest of you came that it's like Krishna is sitting in the room next to you and for one hour you've been telling me about what you have done, but you have not mentioned that Krishna has been sitting with you throughout. Will that be an accurate story? No. So if there is God, how relevant is this 'me'? So Krishna is sitting there on that couch, suppose, and somebody started lamenting in the room saying, 'Why is no one looking at me?' It'll be a silly lament because obviously we will say, 'Because Krishna is here.' Is that not true for our life? That we are busy looking at this 'me' whose very existence is in question, ignoring that One who truly is.

So when I ask the question which everybody can nod to and say, 'Is there God?' then that is what the question actually means. What can the second lamentation be? It can be that, 'Yes, there is God, but I can't reach Him. For me it is mere speculation to conclude the reality of God.' And that is what Maya's role is: to make the real seem unreal and to make the unreal seem real. So if this hand is seeming more real to you than God's presence, then that is Maya. Who is stuck in Maya? All of us. All of us, including the speaker who is like Krishnamurti is speaking through this one. So this is a prevalent condition, the prevalent condition of humanity stuck in Maya. That which your heart is telling you—whether you call that intuition, you call that Satguru, whether you call that the inner voice, inner calling, the inner longing, whatever term you use—that which your heart is telling you seems not so important, and what your senses are telling you or what your mind is telling you seems much more important. That is symptomatic of being in Maya.

So how to break the clutches of Maya and come to the truth is an exercise in faith. Because there'll never be a time which says, 'Okay, now today there is nothing in Maya for you, you can just be with God.' Even if it starts like that, it doesn't continue like that. So you have to risk at least that day, if not a day, at least that hour, if not that hour, at least this minute and say, 'This minute is only for God.' That is all that counts. So that intention is all that counts. What method unfolds after that—whether you do some kriyas or you do some prayer or you do some inquiry or you remain empty—all that is secondary. But you're willing to give up on this time, take it away from what the 'me' wants to do and to fully offer it to God. That fundamentally is at the root of spirituality. So whether you sing a bhajan or you get into Nirvikalpa Samadhi, that is all for later. What is this moment about for you? Who is this moment about for you? And remember when I said the 'spiritual me'—the spiritual me will say, 'It is about me being with God.' Not the emphasis: 'me' being with God, 'me' being with God, you see? And in that nuance is the whole difference between spirituality and the spiritual me. God is important, 'me' is secondary, if not completely unimportant. So don't get into this trap of 'What is the highest path? What is the lowest path? Which path is for me? Which is right for me?' All of this stuff is unimportant. Who is this moment of your life for? Is it for ego or is it for truth? Is it for 'me' or is it for God? Once you're clear about this—that this moment, this moment, this moment, every moment is for God alone—then the methods will come, the path will become clearer.