Just as You Are, You Are All There Is
The only true doer is Consciousness/Being; the imagined separate self that 'does' is just a mask creating suffering, which dissolves when we investigate our true nature.
If it makes you innocent, if it makes you humble, if it deepens your faith, then it is useful. If you think you know something, if you think that you're better than others, then it is not serving you. One says [reading from chat]: „Insecurity is the problem Father.“ Yes my dear I understand. Insecurity, it can feel that, what will happen to me? But I'm telling you that the ego or the false one doesn't have any control anyway. It is just pretending to drive this car. But it is a non-existent driver. You have to take that risk. One more thing I want to tell all of you before we move to the next question is, that don't expect spirituality to be easy. Don't expect spirituality to be easy. If in the letting go of the false it feels that your life is ending, accept that. If it feels like it is the strongest burning that you're experiencing but in your Heart you know it is good for you, go through that. Many times it doesn't feel like it is a better [inaudible] to find God. But even if it is the most difficult path you will ever walk, the end is still much more worthwhile than going through worldly difficulties for worldly things. Sometimes coming to humility can seem very difficult. And we don't even realize how special we think we are. So when we are confronted with that, it can feel like we are burning. This burning is fully auspicious. The false is burning, the Truth cannot burn. If you found God in your Heart, but you have to live your life on the streets begging for food and your body being contorted in so many different places, like Ashtavakra, would you be up for it or not? Good. So, if you're up for it then don't let these small things, who said this to me and who said that and why don't people respect me, and all of these things, don't let them bother you. And one report is [reading from chat]: „Pray to God that there is no annoying teaching here ever. [Chuckles] May there be humbleness and following your words, but living in God's light.“ Very good. Same here for this one. Bless you. Next one says: „Did you have to go through these things Father?” I don't remember what things we were talking about, but I went through extreme stupidity like extreme specialness, extreme stupidity. I used to think it's very valuable that I can parrot the words of the Gurus that I was with very effectively. And I used to think that that means something. People used to tell me even those days, how are you so evolved at such a young age, of course now nobody says that [laughing]. But, in those days, „But how are you so evolved? You're only 25 and look at you what things you are saying“. You see. And I used to have this demeanor of outward humility, but inward specialness. Then through Grace, that which I was deeply attached to in terms of work and building a very large business, so all that God started to get burned down. There were lots of troubles in the world, court cases, police cases, all kinds of troubles by evil people around us. But that was such Grace. Because now many of the things that I say, like I say you may have the greatest knowledge but when life squeezes your throat, that knowledge is the first to leave. That is from direct experience. I've had the experience of that, where I could say all the right things but when life was slapping me around, now all forgotten. Spiritual knowledge is the first to go. A lot of this I went though here. That was beautiful Grace and I'm so grateful that all those things happened. And we can never really say that it is done, because we don't know our blind spots. We don't know where we are still arrogant, we don't know where we believe we are still special. So may Grace continue to make all these circumstances to keep this one a humble servant at God's feet. And may all pride be chopped away swiftly in spite of how deep the intensity of the burning may seem. I feel that all of us can look back and be grateful for it. But may we also learn to be grateful for it when it is happening in our lives presently. You're typing from there? [referring to the chat] „My observation of this awareness for this present moment is complete. Nothing to create or recreate here. It is fully complete.“ Yes. Now, is there one who can claim ownership of this? Is there one who can claim that it is „my“ observation? Contemplate on that.
Key Teachings
- There is no separate doer - everything is happening through Consciousness/Being; the illusion of doership creates suffering
- The 'mask' of separation (duality, desire, doership) is what creates suffering; when the mask dissolves, suffering ends
- Self-inquiry: investigate who is the 'I' that resonates with inquiry - that itself reveals the Self
From: Just as You Are, You Are All There Is - 9th April 2019