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There is No Distinction, No Separation - 4th January 2018

January 4, 20184:0550 views

Saar (Essence)

Ananta points out that separation is merely a conceptual label, urging seekers to recognize themselves as the singular light of consciousness rather than the mythical individual doer.

Without the labels, where is the separation?
The mind doesn't know how to move a finger, yet it claims to run this life.
You are only the movement of waves on the surface of the ocean called consciousness.

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Transcript

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Ananta

Welcome. This voice which you are hearing is the voice of other, isn't it your own? There is no distinction, no separation. This has always been your living experience, but we have interpreted it differently. Without the labels, where is the separation? But the funny thing is that many of you will have this insight and then you will refer it back to this body, that "I have had this insight." So it becomes referred back to this. So know that nothing is happening for this appearance; it continues to be an appearance. But you as consciousness, which is the light of all these appearances, is playing this game of illusion and recognition.

Ananta

So throw away all lines, all boundaries, because they are only conceptual. Then some fear might come: "How will life continue for me? How will my business be? Who will take care of my children?" But the same one who has been doing it so far continues to do it, clearly, with all these body-minds—seemingly separate, but actually one. We don't know how to move a finger. The mind doesn't know how to move a finger, but it claims that "I am running this life." And I say, "Okay, yes, but I don't know how I move it." So I say, "How did you do that?" "Some brain process happened, some neurons fired." Do you know how to fire a neuron? Nobody knows. So it is mythical, this notion that there is some individual sitting here speaking these words, moving this hand. You are only the movement of waves on the surface of the ocean called consciousness.

The Thread Continues

These satsangs touch the same silence.