Satsang With Ananta - The Evil Twin :) Dec. 8, 2014

Namaste everyone. A very warm welcome to Satsang today. So, Ananta couldn't be with us today, so he sent me instead. I am the evil twin, and I will show you today how to be miserable. I know that every day you talk about other things, but my area of speciality is how to be miserable immediately. So it's a bit of a change. So, how does one become completely miserable in double-quick time? It's very simple. First, know that you are this body-mind completely. You are this body-mind who is here to fight and survive. You are a body-mind who is here to fight and survive, and the world is completely against you.

And how will you fight? How will you survive? You have a special mechanism, you see. You have a special assistant; it is called the mind. So all that you're supposed to do is follow the advice of this mind. Listen to everything that it is saying and you will be able to be a victim forever. You can blame the world forever and feel special as a result of it. The simplest way to be miserable right now is to believe every thought. Marta is getting completely psyched. Oh, Ananta will be back tomorrow, but you can make it, you see. As a person, you can make it, and one day you will be king of the world. Just keep going.

Should I continue like this? This is the voice of the mind. It has many, many ways to get you tempted. 'I am a victim. The world is against me. Nobody understands me.' All of these are the symptoms of this person idea. So to become miserable actually requires all of this, but to be free requires nothing at all. And as Consciousness, you can choose. As Consciousness, you can choose whether you want to go with this thought stream now or you just want to let it go. So, who is unclear on how to become miserable? Clear?

This is a good way to look at it actually, although it might be a little strange. But it is very good to look at it like this because otherwise what happens is that we keep repeating the old patterns and we are saying that, 'Oh, this is so strong. This is coming like this. Why is it like this?' All these stories can continue, but at least know that you are doing all of this to be miserable. It is not possible without any of this, without you doing all of this, without you choosing to believe, without you choosing to pretend.