Then What is Satsang For? - 15th April 2016

The way of the world is to go from that which is simple to that which is more complex, more difficult—a level one, level two, level three. The way to build equities in this world is to grow from that simplicity to more and more insight through complexity. But the way of this Satsang, the way of spirituality, is to go from that complexity into more and more simplicity. And if you find that something is gasping to understand, something is trying to get some conceptual expertise, then we know that it can safely be dropped because nothing that I am saying actually needs to be understood in that way. So even when I say 'please understand,' what I really mean is 'please look,' because nothing here really is abstract. The mind is completely unfathomable and therefore it seems totally abstract, but you, the reality that you are, nothing is extraordinary here that is talking about you. You don't need to take on more and more conceptual understanding, but more and more get used to just checking for ourselves as to what is really here. That there is something like gasping for more and more understanding, even that can be dropped.

Because in that, the idea that 'I will now today I picked up these new concepts, tomorrow I'll pick up some more, maybe in a few weeks of Satsang I will really have got it.' Although you found it's a little bit loud... enlightened... a little bit... family... the last little bit... close to now. Oh, tonight, what? How's it now? That's gonna... thank you very much. Give us... okay. I speak like this, it's okay for you there? Okay, great. Okay, I got used to this mic now and I'm like usually how I speak. No, I would say that's one of my soft legs. No, no, I'm just kidding.

So what do you think? There is a sense that this Satsang is good because every day I can pick up some new spiritual concepts and in a few weeks I will have my bag full. Then it's not really the same Satsang as I'm in it in some sort of a mental Satsang where these words are just being picked up. So, 'Yeah, this one sounds good, so let me collect this one. This one, okay. This one I knew before, so this can go. But this one I don't really agree with, so this can be kept.' The science, right? So a disagreement actually must not come from a fight between concepts, you see? Our disagreement must not come from 'this is what I believe' versus 'this is what you say.' Our disagreement, if any, must come from this sense that 'I checked on what you say and I find that it is not true.' This is beautiful contemplation and always reveals something real.

Often there can be some confusion about non-doership. Is it personal non-doership? Which is then, who is the pointing in Satsang for? This confusion can remain actually for a long time for many of us because on one hand we say there is nothing for you to do. Who is that referring to? It is referring to that which does not exist. The person that does not exist obviously cannot do anything. When we say that 'don't try to do anything,' it means don't believe in this sense of personal doership. Then what is all of the pointing for? The idea still remains, you see, sometimes that this Satsang or Satsangs in general will help the person free itself from personhood. The idea can remain sometimes that Satsang is to help the person free itself from personhood, but this is not the case. So Satsang, like everything else in this realm, is just a play that Consciousness is playing with itself.

So I'm going to repeat one more time so that because I know this is some sort of a sticky confusion for many of you. So let's look at it really step by step. Awareness, always aware, is not belief. It is not confused. It cannot play any roles. It is not operating actively in this realm at all. It is just a primal witnessing of this entire play. Now with me? Is it too early in the morning to share this? Awareness is always aware. It cannot be playing the game of delusion and freedom. It cannot be an active participant in this realm of appearances. So then what has to be done to Awareness? Is there some pointing for Awareness? No, obviously not. Awareness is just aware. It is the unborn, undying, absolute, ultimate—whatever you want to call it. That one. No Satsang is needed for Awareness.