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'My Way' or the High(er)way? - 6th December 2017

December 6, 20173:3750 views

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Ananta encourages seekers to release the conceptual steering wheel of control and identity, trusting that the Self remains untouched and complete even when all mental crutches and ideas are abandoned.

The Self does not need the idea of the Self; anything needing an idea is not the final truth.
Let go of all your crutches and see that nothing happens to you; you are completely you.
You have not done a fantastic job holding the wheel; try it the Guru's way now.

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Transcript

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Ananta

And your gear is on. You know, no trouble is to take the car metaphor a little more further, if you like, a little bit. That you're taking hands off the steering wheel and can see that life is still moving. So it can feel like the car is moving. It can feel like 'I want to hold on to some idea. Can I please have the idea I am the Atma?' Okay, but some of you are new, I can be okay with that. Hold on to this idea for a while, but the Atma does not need the idea of the Atma. Anything that needs an idea is not the final truth.

Ananta

Well, there are some concepts which help to burn other concepts. So those for a while, and that you will hold on to, but not for long. The ride is a lot more fun. Okay, no, you're not trying this on the road; it's a metaphor. Nothing to hold onto the steering wheel or the pretend steering wheel of concepts. Let go of all your crutches and see. Nothing will happen to you. You are completely you. But if you have some idea about what safety means, that will also be squeezed out of you.

Ananta

So no gear, no steering. Life is moving. It's worth the time. In any case, we have not done a super fantastic job holding on to the wheel and the gear, no? Right this way. You tried it your way for a long time. So, 'my way' or the highway? And it only sounds like the highway is the worse option. You would actually do this. Try the highway now. This is the Guru's way.

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