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First Find Who Is Concerned About Purpose - 16th January 2018

January 16, 20183:2323 views

Saar (Essence)

Ananta emphasizes that before seeking life's purpose or direction, one must first investigate the reality of the 'I', as searching for a destination for an unexamined self is like shooting in the dark.

I cannot truly answer what I am doing until I am clear about who this 'I' is.
We are trying to find a destination for a ghost-like 'I' that we haven't even found yet.
The presumption that I am this body-mind must be questioned before any true clarity can arise.

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Transcript

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Seeker

It was a question which was very, like, original. They forget into too much of the story, but there was a point where it goes, I think he started poking here: 'What am I doing? Why am I here? What's my purpose?' Through some sort of grace, I realized that I cannot truly answer this question until first I'm clear about who this 'I' is in the first place.

Ananta

So this, that we have clarity about what is it that we are referring to as being 'I'. Then it is trying to figure out the old man of something that we can't find. What road trip this one travels, but you can't even find this one. This man at the door—should he come into the room or should we go out? Don't say 'what man?'

Ananta

So I know that this presumption that 'I know what I am, I must be this body-mind, and therefore where do I decide if this body-mind, what should I do with it next?' Who can see me? Well, at some point another to the light heroes, but I can only speak from what is the experience here. And I saw that I was just shooting in the dark till I came to clarity about what this 'I' really was. Then you're trying to find a destination for this ghost-like 'I' which is seeming very difficult. It is most important: before 'What should I do? What is my purpose of being?' I need to be clear about what this 'I' means. It doesn't have to be the same for everyone. I can do.

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These satsangs touch the same silence.