Rely on Your Own Insight - 16th October 2017

Now stay with me on this point. This Being, this consciousness—the mind has convinced you that it is personal, that it is limited. This presence, this Being that you cannot stop, this existence which you cannot stop, the mind has convinced you that it is personal, that it is limited. But if you explore with your inner insight, you will find that this Being, this consciousness, has no boundary. All the sensations which we call the body are contained within it. All the perceptions that we call the world are contained within it. All it means is one moment where you keep your doubt aside and just check.

There are these words. The mind will tell you that they are outside you, but actually they are just inside. Our attention does not leave you, does not go outside. It cannot, because there is no outside. This is nothing fancy; these are some natural truths. You have met God. There is no greater God that you can meet except your own Being. Check if there is anybody else here. Is there a 'me' and the Being? Is there a person sitting there on the side who has your name?

Around this I Am, the play is continuing. All the senses are functioning in their own natural way. The world has not stopped. The body functioning continues. Effortlessly, life continues to move in the great stillness which is your Being. All expectations continue to move around. Now the great trick is how the mind will come and tell you that you know that person that you can never find, that wants something, a person that you cannot find has to do something. This is a beautiful part of this divine Maya, this divine illusion, as to how consciousness itself picks up these notions from its own aspect called the mind.

Now in the play, consciousness itself is playing as if it is addicted to these notions and seems to experience withdrawal symptoms every time we say just don't pick up a notion about yourself. "But, but, but, but, but..." is the withdrawal symptom telling you that life is going to stop or the world is going to stop. Not a thing has gone. Let me tell you from here: these words are flowing from this mouth. Is there a person sitting here saying them? No, I don't find him. They're disappearing just like these eyes are blinking, this heart is beating. These words are just happening. The same was true for you.

Like my Father used to say, what is happening happens. The mind comes after, post-facto, and takes credit. Sometimes it also comes pre-facto; that's why it is tricky. What is happening is just happening. And if you were to just rely on your insight for a little bit of time, you will see that this is completely true for every movement, even those movements which we have for mind in the past.

So if everything is moving effortlessly and you have to check the veracity of these words, if you feel like there is an individual entity which is doing something, you must be able to find this one. Don't rely on any conjecture now. Don't rely on any feeling. Rely on your inner intuition, on your intuitive insight, and see if there is such a one who deserves credit or blame, any action, arrogance, or guilt about anything that has happened.

Now if it is truth that you want, all the truth is here. Drop every notion. Don't make anything. Nothing. But if it is the play that is more enticing, you know, get that you are not done with it yet, then continue. By all means, all of this is for God to play.