Staying in the Darshan Line: Don't Settle for Less

Now you're doing this. Huh? What will Maya do? What all can it do to trouble you or distract you? All of you are hearing very intently. Today I'm looking, so I'm seeing that. So your intention is there. Now you have to know the tricks of Maya. You see, one trick we already spoke about. What is it? 'Am I wrong about everyone?' This one we spoke about, correct? It is like you're going there, you're going to the temple, and Maya says, 'Uh, throw some flowers on the way only. Yes, this must be it. Got it?' So don't be quick to grasp at spiritual-seeming gifts, whether it's a seeming guidance, seeming vision, or seeming something. I want God. When I'm carried by Him, then what do I need to know? Receive the gifts as prasad but stay in the Darshan line. Darshan is not a guarantee, but the line is a guarantee. Stay. Today, for the first time, I'm seeing the value of the line. Stay in the Darshan line no matter what is given to you on the way. That is a devious trick to distract you with what you think spirituality is. Yeah. It'll use your own concepts of spirituality itself to distract you.

In my case, what used to happen in inquiry is, say you are doing all this and the mind says, 'You are the Self already. Don't you know you are the Self? What are you going on asking who am I? You are the Self. Just accept it and move on with your life.' You see? So conceptual spirituality is a big distraction. What we think we know about spirituality gets in the way of spirit. I'm talking about things which are besides the usual mind attack and all those things we are well aware of. You know, mind attack: best relationship showing up, best opportunity showing up—all these things we know. But these subtle ones, you see, those things we don't yet give enough attention to. We went to meet God or we went to find out who we are; then why did you return with just some guidance? I'm saying it strongly: guidance is good to receive from God, but don't just settle for only that. We went to meet God. At least guidance is better than our own concept of what spirituality is and why we should stop offering ourselves to Him.