The Temple of God in the Heart

Why are you sounding like a hostage? Something happened, something is seen, it is happening. Father, from now on, I'm doing it like by my choice. I'm doing it. It feels—I mean, you have to take that responsibility first, that 'I'm going with my mind and I should stay with God.' Yeah, okay. What can the mind offer us if we were to do just for one second? The mind says that which is more worthwhile than living in that one moment of God? No, I mean, living in one moment of God is the highest by an incomparable magnitude, isn't it? If the mind says, 'Do this and you will become king of the universe forever' versus living in one moment of God, what is more important? One moment of God. If you're clear about that, then his temptations will not be that important because, like that song goes, the mind, the ego, is just a devious impersonation of God. It wants to make the 'me' the king of the world. Go better, better, better, better, better. It doesn't stop because it feels like until you've really achieved your kingdom, it's not going to stop. Have you seen people who have everything that they could have in life—all material things, all relationships, perfect, perfect, perfect—are they happy? They are like, 'Oh, only if I had also like that. Oh, I missed that chance to do this.' So, you be in the inner heart temple as a helpless nobody, then the outer will be fine. Can you be in the temple or no? Is there a temple or no?

There is? Then why visit other places? Because that must be the best. Not so concerned, 'Oh, this happens, this happens,' and something comes—you are in the temple. So, is there a temple of God in your heart? Not poetically, not metaphorically, literally. How many don't feel like it? It is okay. So, thank you. Thank you for admitting. So, to create that temple, we must just create the space for that temple. Be empty of the 'me' and the temple will become more and more obvious. And that temple is everything. And temple is not a Hindu word; it's a temple, it's a masjid, it's a church, it's everything. It is the holy place of God, God's presence. But this temple is—so don't go there now. Yes, I don't know how to... the checker guy is me, the checker guy.

Let's experiment with this together. Just stay in God's presence now. If I was to force you to answer, are you peaceful or full of anxiety?

Nothing. We have peace. It's something searching for an image of God. So, no image of God. Yes, yes. But it's this—the mind will... just let it come and go. See, thank you actually for saying that. It's very important because I don't want anyone visualizing anything. You could just be imagining one temple like that. No, no, no, that's not it. That's something Indescribable, unimaginable, you see? Because it's like the holy pulsation, the primordial vibration. So don't get stuck in any imagination or think. So the mind will—you see, because the mind offers us, when we say awareness, it offers a dark empty space. See, it's all dark, empty, it's all awareness. No, it's not. See, even that is perceived. Who is aware of that perception? We say beingness; it starts creating sound, light, you see, like a perceivable light. It's not that. So don't go for any visualization, imagery, except truly as just a pointer. If it's like a pointer that you see an image and it reminds you of God's presence in your heart, then that's all right. Be careful of imagination because the spiritual ego can really run away with that. No visualizing, no imagining, just organic, very natural. There's a smile on your face that conveys there must be some happiness. You don't need more experiences than in that. There is peace, there is natural happiness, contentment. We don't have to give them importance, but they're just naturally there. And we don't have to worry about other experiences what people are having.