Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 11 Commentary and Contemplation - 21st August 2017

So, if this one, so if you say, 'Do I have free will?' Now say, 'Yes, you have as much free will as the blue character does.' So hands, because both are at the same level of reality or anywhere. I hope you're clear. How can something which doesn't exist have will? Behind the condition, do not let both with divisions below. It must be the concept of the individual. There must be a belief in my individual existence. That's why I hang on so much to my idea of my individual bit. And then that is the case, then see with that with integrity and fear. Yes, it's fine. 'I'm a person' is good, I like it. But actually, and truly, like 'I am a person,' so let's investigate that, which is what we do already. And then once we come to the direct recognition that there is no such entity as a person, then automatically that non-existent one, all its attributes drop with it too. And the non-existent cat, we do. What is the shape of your second head? All the questions then: 'Do I have will? What should I do? Is it wrong to desire?' All these then melt away because you're referring to yourselves as this, as like children refer to the imagination.

So, then we saw that, okay, individually with impossible, and yet in the only tale, it seems to be the beautiful pattern which unfolds is to leave this girl. It's for games which war dates and scheming and from where we're focusing all the time. If I don't take this, let those, where is all of this? We say any of a thick race or does to Saturn. Therefore, this which manifested as great has some intelligence to do this. What has to suffer with this one? This is what we formed a will of consciousness, the will unborn. Some people call it destiny, when the fate cells. One who knows for certain that adversity and success come and go in obedience to destiny becomes content, neither desires nor grieves. Another example of this: how a mind can look at something and especially when given certain, it can maybe something a grade and label other things as not. He has only examples of this that happened over the year.

One beautiful being, he was saying with me, the sharing of Satsang had just started then. You know, somebody to admit him in Guru's number and pillow animal and you were saying with me. Now, he had been in a relationship for some time and that relationship started to give them some trouble. So, we said, 'You know, Ananta, it is so good food the grace that brought us together this, but now I don't know what happened. So, please part us together, but now what is happening is not okay.' Examine the solution for that. Which brought us together with the will of God, but now the only trouble in the relationship must be my doing. This is the way in which the mind still finds a way to inject this 'me' based on these events which are bound to function treating soldiers like this. 'Grace brought us together,' and then the trouble that is being halted also grace, mostly because grace is playing the belief in this individual identity. Yet even that is the player function.

That's why I said that most for certain that adversity and success—he did not say just success is destiny and adversity is your born—that adversity and success come and go in obedience to destiny and obedience to the will of consciousness. Module answer the same. Then this one becomes content. Contentment comes because the burden of doership and desire turns to follow. Even if you consider yourself a separate object, if you knew that 'I am completely taken care of by the will of God, only His will moves,' given the grace of God, you see that? So relieved from popping this burden of the ocean will come. Usually for me, I don't like to rest there. I don't like to rest there too long because many times as we continue to retain the idea of our individuality being a limited object subject to the will of a greater force, then we can pick up some victimization. We can pick up some special events victimization in the sense that, 'I am completely God and perfectly surrendered to Your will, but why aren't You fixing my life? I thought that somebody that just surrender and everything will be fine, but it's not fine like that.'

When we still hold on to the limited identity, although the release from the dropping of doership income, you can still have a certain idea about how life should go, what should come and what should not come. Maybe usually in the transcending of this individuality, which is finding yourself to be some limited presence, ultimately that which is aware of even this presence, but even this one. So, what is tight or my life or what again drops away. One who knows for certain that adversity and success come and go in obedience to destiny becomes content. One who knows for certain that birth and death, happiness and misery—birth and death, happiness and misery—come and go in obedience to destiny, he has nothing to accomplish. He engages in non-action and in action remains unattached. Let me look at the end of the world is waiting. He engages in non-action and in action remains unattached.

So, notice that he is saying that engaging in non-action, but when there is action, he remains unattached. So, it is not again the picture from the mind is to be saying what this means: 'I'm gonna stop doing everything. I stop going to work and stop taking care of my family. I'll find a cave in which I can live.' We must think to renounce all of them. When action is happening, who is doing it? Happening. You see that there is no individual doer of it. See that consciousness in its light on its own screen is moving all this immensity. Then you cannot have either gain or loss. So, he increases in knowledge. So, what I want to make here is what you are finding about yourself is beyond action and inaction, beyond doership and non-doership. Do you give some attention to both? Because this can be very sticky. Which is actually I had to deal with somehow. God's completely stuck on this non-doership concept and it's very confusing and brought water suffering. But what you have to understand is that just because you are not the doer doesn't mean you're the non-doer. What does this mean? It doesn't mean that you are an object which is being pushed around by the will of God and although...

And inaction, swing beyond worship and. Now, do you give some attention to both? Because this can be very sticky, which is actually I had to deal with somehow. God's completely stuck on this worship concept and it's very confusing and brought what of suffering. But what you have to understand is that just because you are not the doer doesn't mean you're the non-doer. What does this mean? It doesn't mean that you are an object which is being pushed around by the will of God. And although that concept can bring some momentary relief, that's what until we analyze. You see, people of my life, it does not render to lead from a dire expectation again. Many of these things fill the meaning. We still have a limited concept about doing some motives. I'll find this one is beyond doing and not doing. I don't want to make an object out of you or leave you with a belief that you are an object to which things are happening to the will of a greater force. You are not an object at all. Is a body also concept? Yes. So beautiful this, and it elevated so-called connection between cause and effect. We're going to a lot of avoid identity. Once you do that, what books are happening? Actually, you can say I know that everything is just happening within consciousness, or we can say that consciousness is the one cause for all. It leaves into things.

So, all example which I keep quoting from yoga vasistha is that a bird came and hacked on the ground to the poetry and the coconuts fell down. Or the mind thing because the bird came on sanic, therefore actually down, which can be really close in this. We don't know. So better to say at consciousness, all of this happen. Nothing, nothing to nominee is the cause of another thing. All is it for user. Now, when you apply to your life, you'll see that so much grievances there because this cause in the head so much deemed killed tried all of the people. We see that the big nobody there who is doing this. It is nobody there who is suffering from anything at all. Is moving me and I am doing consciousness as the very of consciousness and no space for any conclusions, any interpretation.

One who has realized the one is a caring movie default spot in the world. One who has realized that only by caring with nigiri part in the world becomes free, happy, serene, desired of. This caring is not the automatic sense of compassion allowed skin. Okay, he's carrying him caring. I care about the outcome. I care about how life should be. I care about how the world should pain. I mean, one side we have some idea and some ideas about any of this. I will pretense about moving something which is greater than our God's will display. Not so caring is not caring about other being, caring about the planet's most I perform caring with a natural part of this existence. So often I said that come to spirituality means visual kindness, compassion, all of this will actually byproduct of good caring is that I care about the outcome, I care about how team should be, I care about my individual. I can't wait. We realized that we by caring is never equal to the wall becomes free, happy, sitting, desired. It is only exact the fades forward compassion which arose for Janaka defeated heart before he cared. We were was I still care? Especially known to be a very reclusive state. Most people you would drive away to come to me ma, they come to end a monster, monster please Bella or individual they no no go away from here to some other they don't obey me is that secluded master go. So you had a nice tree but something you must have recognized the heart of Janaka is yearned for this to therefore keep carrying this compassionate of reason which the light of which all these will forward and share.

So, one minute and this verse to mean that all those go to get about you must not get it all comes the compassion without anyone, nothing like that. The only thought that every is we have I hear this is an opposition for what is a resistance to the ah to the cause of suffering fact. Another word for ego is resistant and not the body nor is the body my position. I am awareness itself. One who realizes this for certain has no memory of things done or left undone. That is only the absolute and not the body. This is spoken about not at the body my position. Those well spoken about many times but let's do pressure this actually not so many of us believe that we are the body. It will you even at the times in your life and you will not spiritual you will realize that your position with regard to the body mostly has been about it being a position. Okay, my body is marketing services, my arms champagne. Hopefully this kind of relationship where you say that it is a something that we have possessed.

Now back to stack one which has been became out of this body has been the same one which has been the claimant of our money, of our relationships, that came in the non-existent one. Now coming to the son, will come into the recognition of who is the true claimants just resolved it belongs to the self and McManus first aspect which is unjust ethical. So this is what we mean by the switching over of power from person to being. All that we had to beautiful person, all that we like to do to to myself. I better take care of my body. Everyone says that it isn't even those who are not in certain way either to take care of my body. What is the relationship where the object which I hope which is the body or the one that has been gaining this one that has been changed has been the same one who is concerned about all the other things I spoke about? My relationships, my money, my security, my freedom, fine like my system and upon investigation we find that one such being has been there and then the kid says, 'Oh, my body is not been getting so much attention for me. I hate to give some attention 25.0 say care of my body.' No, that is order facility so what no longer this of course the only clear is gain that for most ages many many say this will seem that the default position is singing neglect of the budget the none of them have ever said you must do like this and not subjective and not the body not as the body my position I am awareness itself on who realize with this co-surgeon has no memory of things done or left undone this is only the absolute.

So once you see that you are not this body, your body with body is as much an appearance as everything else let me see this. It's moving many times I said these were the system. I'm hearing them like you're hearing them like beam should be a deem hearing these. It's a grand the taste of its own creation but Martin on way of saying that I am changed if I knew what this interview is getting nobody is doing them individually hearing of them ago clap over you sitting here individually in hearing. Okay, recently some time with Eagles moving believer but all of this is to have consequences if you are the concept to entities or even if you are the mind which games to know so much. How do you speak? Okay, I just speak. I decide I'm going to say these words and I speak that we would you think of obviously. How do you conduct? How to use move your tongue and you sleeve? It doesn't mean it's really doesn't mean this is the organ effect thing is passed all those thing again the day of the world looks like in a computer game or there again character there James Bond would just be firing doing now it is like that. So believe yourself to be this individual entity who is firing the visitors actually where is all of this happening? All is happening defensively it's wrong programming is going as it one who realizes this for certain.

So if you are not with body and yet the body is animated this is a certain animation which is done including body part of a team we're grateful happening but one or does God really think like you are not even in that way individually the possessor of this body but this means the body has took all off has to stop all activity so nothing to do you believe this but you see that one of the door everything is including the body something effortlessly on its own. How do you let that punkish you see the definition so king of the is with it to hit with this or a story about going to that cheek pop hey sure I'm going to argue question three days later this so this one looks very beautiful I heard it many many years ago we could maybe share to the example of this epoch where someone gets into a rice they are told they will be behind the tongue until left come yet to turn less it all your force as we do when we win this way I think we left right like that so is going given on the right somewhat on the way and we saw yeah left left left fool and when yeah just so good yes I did a good job came left I don't left time again right still I like I like that where do you think coaches we I knew first time I put all my heart into and then I became overconfident and I didn't do a good enough job of the second then clean like this left right capsize many turns came AB and C one according to him went of natural laws and then came to play of pride into all of that happened and then what is told to them that this right is pre-programmed the left and the rights who had no control over any of them but nobody in that right figures it out.

It is how our programming has become this world is functioning on its own with left's and rights for to create faith that adversity and success come and go in obedience to destiny since which is winning and losing okay as that I don't you see that so moving on the phone it's own light its own speed from this burden of worship all the way on gamma the last grade of gas I alone exist one who know this assertion becomes immaculate series I'm conflicted attainment of knowing what we mean from combative a lot bit of that I wanted some terminology because Brahman all to sound like damn money but we are not the thing we save Brahman we are talking about the absolute the self which we often refer to as awareness personality that assault on money within which all of this way of existence and monix can happen this Brahma it is combined the picture with the my back aspect of consciousness which is so creative.

We know that in Indian spirituality all is one consciousness but this one consciousness has been booked a convenience aspect based on what we are temperamentally attracted to like many times I discussed this with you that those were attracted to the naughty and the fun aspect of consciousness into Pine Krishna therefore that deity may be those who are attracted to righteousness or in the good some are attracted to job feminine name all assets are there so one consciousness Brahma Vishnu and Shiva also defined as the three main aspects of this unconsciousness. Brahma being the originator of the creator's energy original window preserver one that takes care of the functioning of the universe and Shiva being the destroyer or basically the regenerator the mapping actually did destroy sisters to I've already knew it with the renewing aspect of function with this Shiva so Brahma to the Creator is Nelson who the last little done is the myself with the best-educated alone mean her only I I alone exist one who know this for certain becomes immaculate seeing and subject attainment has many members patient becomes you don't have to try and do any of that you see or choose one who knows for certain that this manifold and wonderful universe is nothing becomes the vilest awareness I abide the seal of more thing and also thirteen the beach like a fig and one to a fool universe is nothing becomes a violence awareness and abide in the Sigma.

So when you come to this discovery about what you want we find that with I will not have a quality does not have a attribute who she knows is no color a muscle engaged his eye that I'm better at this whole thing with not a thing yes the back I exhaust back the money the highest why is this simple to so important is noting the people one can feel to like all the different because otherwise if you start to consider yourself a conduction it could mean that it's nothing like nothing more p

In the Nirguna Brahman, so when you come to this discovery about what you are, we find that which has no quality, does not have an attribute, which has no size, no color. Am I saying that this 'I' that I am is this whole thing which is not a thing? Yes. This back, I exhaust back, the nothingness, the highest. Why is this simple 'nothing' so important? This 'nothing' that people can feel is like all the different... because otherwise, if you start to consider yourself a 'nothing', it could mean that it's nothing like nothingness phenomenal. But with the mind's visual interpretation of this nothing, it's just empty. You don't... or you actually... one more thing, yeah, the source of all there is. This is not what nothing can be, what not... you're more practical. What is felt, this Self, is the capital-S Self.

The posting of the position, favorite, you have to lose the sense of self to come to the reality. You're not here. This until... not accept that there are sense to really good answer. They utilize existing lot of commodity additions or let's help, but this does a great often bus in motion. And even if the words don't make sense right now, don't worry about it. We will be the own definitions within it. When I say that what you discover about yourselves is not going to be like what is contained in an empty coconut, nothing, we do not that nothing to sustain motion. We were the first, don't do it justice. Unexplainable. We can connect this nothing, not the emptiness, but the fullness of the world.