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Inquiry Must Be Done in a Natural Way - 13th October 2017

October 13, 20174:2830 views

Saar (Essence)

Ananta emphasizes that self-inquiry should be a natural, effortless process of dropping conclusions rather than seeking conceptual answers. He suggests that true intuitive insight arises only when we abandon the need to know ourselves as a phenomenon.

The question 'Who am I?' is so potent that it doesn't need any other support.
If you are reaching a conclusion then drop it; you will not know who you are conceptually.
Allow the questions to do the work themselves without getting in the way.

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Transcript

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Ananta

Inquiry must be done in a very natural way. I feel like too many are doing inquiry which is why this body... 'Oh, am I the body?' Sincerely, why am I something that is changing? And if I am changing, then what would witness this change without itself changing? It's like this simple. Put your questions like this and allow the questions to do the work themselves. The main part of the inquiry is not to get in the way; just allow it to unfold.

Ananta

The question 'Who am I?' is so potent that it doesn't need any other support. And what can seemingly obstruct it is our conclusion. So if you are reaching a conclusion, then drop it. You will reach a non-conclusion. The more things as your intuitive insight, you will struggle to organize it until your intuition itself puts the words in your mouth and then they are coming from a space of authenticity.

Ananta

I know that the same conclusiveness can seem a bit frustrating because in this world we've been taught that you must know. If you don't know, then you're dumb or something, but it's not true. You will not know who you are conceptually. You will not know who you are as a phenomenon. You will see that you have always known. I don't say these words with the intent of making them sound confusing. In fact, if there is intent here, it is only to make it sound very simple. But as I hear them, I know that many times they can sound like a bit of a riddle. That is the play of Maya, to show these non-phenomenal truths in a phenomenal way.

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