Love, Peace and Joy Are the Very Natural By-Products of Your Being
True remembrance is diving into awareness and understanding 'All is great' regardless of whether life goes 'your way' or not.
Father, time and again I have noticed that, when the phenomenal world is going my way, I totally get attached to it.
Yes
And fully in the body-mind and when the phenomenal world is chaotic and suffering arises, I am reminded of spirituality. Is there a way to be detached even when this phenomenal world is all happy happy?
This is the perennial thing. In a way, it's part of the design. This is what Kabir [Saint in India] has said, “दुःख म' सुिमरन सब करे सुख म' करै न कोय। जो सुख म' सुिमरन करे दुःख काहे को होय ॥“ Everybody remembers God when times are bad, nobody remembers God when times are good. If there are those who remember God when times are good, then that can never be bad. Which by the way, he is never talking about an external circumstance. So what would be true remembrance at this point? It would be an understanding, a heart understanding that, “All is great”. So my imploration, whenever I catch any of you in Satsang. Because I don't know when life will start going quote unquote “My way”. So, what we think “My way” would actually opposed to us in that way. Opposed to our reality going more towards unreality. I don't know when that is going to happen. So, that's why I keep feeding you the medicine, “Open and empty”,“Am I aware now?”, “What is my Reality?”, and showing you how to live headless. So, use this opportunity not to again beat yourself up and try to understand why these things happen. But, take a deep dive, dive into your presence, take a deep dive dive into God and recognize, who is aware even of that? That is the best gift you can give to the future one, who may or may not get deluded. That's the best, not the answer, this deep dive is the best. . . . . Highlight from Satsang- 26th August 2022 Open and Empty: Attentive but Not Grasping Time: 1:29:50 to 1:32:10 Link:
Key Teachings
- True spiritual remembrance is not waiting for suffering to turn to God, but understanding in the heart that 'All is great' regardless of external circumstances
- The practice is to dive into presence and ask 'Who is aware?' - recognizing the aware presence behind all experience rather than being lost in content
- Don't beat yourself up over attachment; use every situation as an opportunity for deeper self-inquiry into your true nature
From: Love, Peace and Joy Are the Very Natural By-Products of Your Being – 12th February 2021