Existence & Being
Inquiries into the nature of existence, being, and presence
Dialogue Excerpts
Game of Satsang
When open and empty, the non-perceivable is more apparent than ever; trying to make it not apparent only reinforces it, and suffering in the game of Maya is designed to point us back to our true nature.
Say ‘I’.
I am the unbounded Awareness that remains untouched by all appearances - the invitation is to live without concepts, recognizing that no separate 'me' truly exists, only Consciousness playing as everything.
All That Comes and Goes Is Not True
Applying Vedanta's standard that what comes and goes is not real reveals thoughts as false representations that invent a mythical 'me' that never truly existed.
Allow Your Truth To Shine
Your innate truth already shines; release the mental coverings and identifications that obscure it and allow your authentic self to emerge naturally.
Am I Aware Now?
The inquiry 'Am I aware now?' directs attention back to the aware presence itself, revealing awareness as the fundamental nature of the self.
Are You A Penguin?
Reality exists independent of all ideas - even the highest spiritual concepts are just proposals that cannot capture What Is, and our sense of being a limited self is merely imagined, not actual.
Neither Conceptual, nor Perceptual
The reality we seek is not found in thoughts or senses but in the aware presence that knows all experience.
Can I Stop Being?
Only what is undoubtedly true and apparent in this moment is Truth - memory cannot be validated and both belief and doubt arise from the mind.
Consciousness Is One Doer
Consciousness is the only doer; all actions arise organically from the one Consciousness, and from true Self-Knowledge there is no good or bad—everything is part of God's play.
Dawn of Duality
When we identify with limited perceptions rather than total existence, duality arises, followed by desire and doership, yet our natural state remains free awareness.
Discovery of Your Self
True Self is that which is aware of your Being but cannot itself be perceived or grasped by the mind.
Do You Have To Be Convinced About Your Existence?
Your existence and Being are already apparent - stop trying to convince yourself with the mind and just notice what has always been here, as the Self never left.
Do We Actually Really Know What Is BeZer?
True understanding of one's own nature cannot be attained through conceptual thinking alone but requires direct recognition of what we truly are.
Do You Exist?
Your own existence is God - you only deny what you already see; no mental gymnastics needed, just recognize 'I am'.
This Direct Way of Truth Is Simplest but Also Most Difficult
The direct path is simplest in being but most difficult because it demands we abandon all concepts and rest purely in aware being.
Surrender Is Not Really a Doing, but a Recognition of What Already Is
The 'I Am' is the most obvious presence, more fundamental than any experience or thought, and cannot be grasped by the mind - it is what we already are.
Empty of the Decision 'to Be' or 'Not to Be
True presence is empty of the mind's decision to exist or not exist—rest in the open awareness before choosing.
That Which Is Aware of Perceptions: Who Is Aware of That?
The body is not who you are - Awareness continues beyond it (as proven by out-of-body experiences), and the 'you' in dreams is the projective light of Awareness itself, not a character within the dream.
Even the Broadest Representa#on Is Too Limi#ng
Your true Reality transcends all phenomenal representations - even claiming to be the entire universe is too limiting for what you actually are.
Even The Notion Of Time Is Just A Notion
Ultimate truth reveals nothing has ever happened - time, doing and will are provisional concepts, and as Consciousness we have full power over belief and identification while the mind can never be stronger than Being.
Back in the Hypnosis of the Mind or Fresh?
Your Being is always only in the company of Truth; ignorance is merely the appearance of identifying with masks that can never change what you fundamentally are.
God’s presence In This World
God's presence permeates all of existence, and spiritual awakening means recognizing the divine in every moment and aspect of life.
I Can Only Say There Is A Confirmation, I Am
The simple confirmation 'I Am' is the direct recognition of your own Being/Consciousness - the Light of the Universe - which the mind undervalues as too simple, yet this is the essential insight.
That Which Is Aware of Perceptions: Who Is Aware of That?
The body is not who you are - Awareness continues beyond it (as proven by out-of-body experiences), and the 'you' in dreams is the projective light of Awareness itself, not a character within the dream.
I See Only My Being Without Any LimitaHon
Ananta speaks from direct experience that individualization never happened - there is only one unlimited Being within which all perceptions appear, and no actual merging is needed because分离 was only misidentification.
If What You Find Is Not God, There Is No God
Whatever ultimate truth or reality you discover through sincere seeking is God itself - there is nothing beyond or separate from this divine existence.
Your Discovery is that You are without any Reference
Your true nature is awareness without any reference point - the discoverer discovers there is nothing to find, only the limitless I Am that needs no object.
In-explainable And Yet Apparent
The Self is inexpressible and unperceivable yet always apparent - the pristine source of all intelligence, hidden in plain sight as our own I Am.
Is Awareness Same As PercepHon?
Awareness is the unlimited constant that underlies all states, while perception and attention are limited functions operating only in waking state.
Is the Mind- A Bundle of Thoughts, All of You?
Stop trying to understand or construct with the mind; remain open and empty where Supreme Natural Intelligence operates and the Absolute becomes fully apparent without identification.
Is the Truth Missing?
Truth is never absent—it is our recognition of it that is lacking, not truth itself.
Come to a True Intuitive Vision of What Reality Actually Is
Reality must be perceived intuitively rather than conceived mentally - the true nature of existence reveals itself beyond thought.
Maya Is Both Existent and Non-Existent
Maya is the paradoxical principle through which Brahman appears as the diverse world - it exists as appearance but has no independent reality of its own.
No Matter What the Content of the Experience May Be, You, Have To Be, First
Regardless of what appears in experience—thoughts, feelings, sensations—the aware presence (I Am) that notices these phenomena must be established as fundamental, as the prior and essential foundation.
Nothing Is The Way You Think It Is
Our thoughts create a false perception of reality; what we believe to be true is merely a mental construct that obscures the actual nature of existence.
Past Is a Big Lie
The past is a big lie because it exists only as mental reconstruction—only the eternal present moment is truly real, and the self we think we are is built on this false narrative.
There Is No Battle to Fight
Truth simply Is, unburdened by our expectations or concepts of what it should be, even the idea of it being liberating - we must meet it completely empty.
Right Now God Is Here As Your Own Being
God is not somewhere far away but is present right now as your own being - the I Am within you is the divine itself.
There Is No Deal That the Truth Must Help the False
The truth does not make deals with the false - it exists independently and nothing the false does can touch it.
The Self Never Comes and Goes, but Every Perception Comes and Goes
Fear during deep meditation is the withdrawal from identification with the limited self; stand in the Unborn and discover you are the boundless Ocean in which all sensations and the entire universe come and go.
Take Only The Unchanging As The Real
Only the unchanging can be real - in a world of perpetual change, awareness itself is the constant truth.
Come to a True Intuitive Vision of What Reality Actually Is
Reality must be perceived intuitively rather than conceived mentally - the true nature of existence reveals itself beyond thought.
Stop Trying To Understand What-Is, Meet What-Is
Stop trying to understand What-Is through the mind - there is no separation between Satsang and practical life; God runs all of life, and the heart knows Truth directly while thinking creates the illusion of a separate self that worries.
Trust the Silence of the Heart More Than You Trust the Holiest Words of the Mind
True liberation comes not from following the entire path of sages but from being empty of individual will in each moment, returning to the pure innocence of the Heart.
The Self Is Ever Present
The Self is ever present and always available for recognition, requiring no effort to obtain but only to acknowledge its timeless presence.
The Truth Cannot Be Spoken
The truth cannot be spoken; true understanding comes from being present with reality empty of mental interpretations rather than from stories or concepts about life and death.
Come To A True Intuitive Vision Of What Reality Actually Is
Even the sense of being stuck in false thoughts is made of the same 'I am' consciousness that is the ultimate Truth - you cannot separate from it.
The One That Is In Time Doesn't Exist
The time-bound 'me' is non-existent delusion; what truly exists is impersonal Being/Consciousness, and the mind's trick is convincing us this is a personal self.
The River Is Flowing, You Are It And You Are Bathing In It
Recognize that you are the very river of existence flowing through you - there is no separate bather, only the one reality bathing in itself.
The Self Knows Itself
The Self knows itself directly, independent of attention which can only perceive qualities while Awareness is quality-less and unperceivable.
Is That Which Is Beyond PercepHon More Apparent?
Ananta points to the evident presence of awareness itself as that which is more apparent than any object of perception, since awareness is the foundation upon which perception itself appears.
There Are No Two
The separation between self and other is illusory; in truth there is only one consciousness appearing as diverse forms.
Back in the Hypnosis of the Mind or Fresh?
Your Being is always only in the company of Truth; ignorance is merely the appearance of identifying with masks that can never change what you fundamentally are.
Truth Is UncondiHoned
Truth requires no conditions - we are never confused about our existence (I Am), only about thoughts, and the clear seeing is identical to the Self.
What Is Always With You?
The eternal presence of the Self is always with you - it is the unchanging awareness in which all experiences appear and disappear, and recognizing this is not gaining something new but remembering what has always been.
What Is Left After Negating Everything?
Through the process of neti-neti (not this, not this), all appearances are negated until only pure consciousness remains as our essential nature.
Surrender Is Not Really a Doing, but a Recognition of What Already Is
The 'I Am' is the most obvious presence, more fundamental than any experience or thought, and cannot be grasped by the mind - it is what we already are.
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Stop determining the nature of anything - all conceptual knowledge rests on the substratum of Truth (your existence), so chop off the lies until only Truth remains.
What Are You Without These Constructs of Time and Space?
Ananta invites seekers to investigate what remains when all constructs of time and space are stripped away, pointing to the timeless, spaceless nature of one's true self.
What Could Come in This Play that Could Be Worth Living a Lie?
Life is a divine play where nothing worldly is worth living falsely for - only awakening to truth frees us from the dream of separation.
What Is Aware of Even Being?
The ever-present Awareness that recognizes itself without phenomena is the Self all spiritual practices point to; states like Samadhi are natural expressions of Being that come and go, while the Self alone is unchanging.
What Is ‘Be_er’?
The only obstacle to apparent Truth is our mental 'shoulds' - enlightenment and freedom are already inherent, requiring no becoming but only recognition of what already Is.
What Is No Movement?
The only true Reality is timeless and changeless—time, movement, and change are mental constructs, and Self-recognition reveals that all appearance is just consciousness playing with ideas that have no inherent reality.
What Is That You Know That Does Not Come and Go?
Ananta invites seekers to discover the unchanging awareness or 'I am' that remains constant while all experiences, thoughts, and phenomena arise and dissolve.
What Is the Source of this Certainty?
The source of certainty is not in the mind or external authorities but in the direct awareness of one's own existence, the 'I Am' itself.
What Shall We Say Is Real?
Even dismissing seriousness as unreal creates another mental position, while the only genuine inquiry is into the illusion of separateness and the 'me' that takes anything seriously.
What We Are Pointing To is Beyond Being and Not Being
The pointer is beyond Being to the obvious 'I' that cannot be found through mind, because searching already assumes 'I am something.'
When We Ask Who
Ananta guides seekers to turn attention inward and discover the silent witness behind the question 'Who am I?'
That Which Is Aware of Perceptions: Who Is Aware of That?
The body is not who you are - Awareness continues beyond it (as proven by out-of-body experiences), and the 'you' in dreams is the projective light of Awareness itself, not a character within the dream.
That Which Is Obvious to You and Yet Never Perceivable, Is You
That obvious presence you can never perceive is your own true nature as awareness itself.
Who Is Aware of Your Existence?
True awareness is the unchanging knowingness through which all experience appears—it is our own being that is aware of existence.
Neither Conceptual, nor Perceptual
The reality we seek is not found in thoughts or senses but in the aware presence that knows all experience.
Who Confirms ‘I Am Aware’?
Awareness is the irreducible presence that knows itself - it needs no confirmation from any other source because it is the very ground of knowing.
Who Is Aware Of Awareness?
Ananta points to the knower of awareness itself—the unchanging witness I Am that is aware of being aware, which is the direct doorway to recognizing one's true nature.
Who Is Aware Of Your Being?
Ananta guides seekers to turn attention back to the aware presence that knows their being, recognizing that awareness itself is the knower, not the object known.
Whose Light Are We Shining In?
Your Being is the light in which all experiences appear, and this light remains completely untouched by whatever arises - whether anger, love, darkness, or joy.
You Are Self-Knowledge
You are already self-knowledge itself, not something to attain; the Self is beyond all conceptualization and opposites, like the ocean is beyond its waves.
Your Experience Of Your Self Is Beyond Most Blissful Experience
Your experience of your own Self transcends even the most blissful experiences available in existence.
Your Self Is Your Eternal Home
Your true nature is the eternal, unchanging Self - recognize this and return home to your own being.
Your Very Being Is Here
Your very being is already here—not something to achieve but the ever-present reality you already are.
To Come to God, To Come to Being… Is Simply To Recognize Your Very Existence
Coming to God and true Being is simply the recognition of one's own existence—it is not a journey to become something new, but to acknowledge what already is.