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Concepts in Satsang Are a Counter-Poses to Your Position - 15th November 2017

November 15, 20173:1126 views

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Ananta explains that satsang serves to dismantle the mind's tendency to adopt rigid positions and reference points, guiding the seeker back to a natural, positionless neutrality that is simpler than any conceptual framework.

The mind is a position machine, constantly creating false reference points about who you are.
Satsang provides counter-poses to your mental positions so you can return to a state of neutrality.
Truth is simpler than simple; it is the mind that has the difficult job of convincing you otherwise.

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Transcript

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Ananta

So, Satsang is like this: you got stuck in a position and now we are reforming the position. And that's why whatever concepts you hear in Satsang, they are the counter-poses to your position so that you come to this neutrality. This is if you get stuck in a position, there will be something. Now, I don't mean that you personally have to talk your positions; I am saying that that meaning itself is a position. It's the reference point you're making about yourself based on some perception, sensation, idea—something which is not true about you.

Ananta

You see, 'seeker' is a position. 'Finder' is a position. 'What is found' is a position. And the mind is a position machine. Everything you're saying is an offer for a position. Are you going to become position-less now? See, that is an offer for a position. It is why it is the ATM—the 'Any Time Mind'—it's a really machine because all its mission is followed by something. It is a room, but what I'm showing you is so straightforward because it is simpler than simple. It is the position machine which has a more difficult job to convince you; you have no job.

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These satsangs touch the same silence.