satsang
Letting go of the desire to succeed | Effort vs letting go | Self-Surrender
There is always an invitation to BE STILL
Going beyond the verbal teachings
Is there really an ‘I’ to be found? Tracing back the ‘I’
To the jiva, the individual, a pointer to It is the word ‘I’. It’s like this – if you go into the woods and you take a ball of wool with you, as you walk through the woods, you unwind the wool to leave a trail so you know the way out again so you don’t get lost. The ‘I am’, the ‘I’, is like the ball of wool that you follow to lead you out of the dark forest of ignorance.
This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das and put together by volunteers.
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Everything is infused with your BEING
The true meaning of Satsang | Where is Guru? | Advaita | Non-duality
The teacher who is going to deliver you from bondage, from suffering to liberation, where is this teacher? Where is Guru? Where are you? Is there another outside you who is going to liberate you? And what is satsang really?
This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das and put together by volunteers.
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Is ignorance bliss? A seeker’s dilemma
Sometimes to those who are on the spiritual path, it can seem like those who are in full ignorance are happier. It can feel like ignorance is bliss, but it isn’t. It’s deep, deep suffering.
There are few things about spiritual seeking…First, the spiritual seeker has a certain type of sensitivity, which makes them more sensitive to suffering, because they are more aware of it often. That self-aware aspect can intensify suffering that wouldn’t bother other people so much. Some spiritual seekers have fairly nice lives outwardly. But inwardly they are suffering intently because they are more sensitive to their suffering because the awareness is there.
The other thing about the spiritual path is that it is often an isolating path, which also makes it difficult. There is no one to share it with, very few people understand this, because most people are not seekers of liberation, they are seekers of other things.
The other thing is there is nothing you can do about it. Say ignorance was bliss, probably with this there is no turning back! I’m sorry to say, you can’t go back!
Sri Ramana Maharshi did not say you have to love me, you have to devote yourself to me – that is not the essence of the teaching at all. That is actually to miss the point to what he is actually pointing towards. He said you’ve got to follow my teachings. You have to follow the Guru’s instruction.
This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das.
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Who is the thinker? Removing illusion and delusion
In silence thoughts lessen.
The attachment to thinking and to desire gradually weaken until they eventually fade and die.
If we relinquish the sense of limitation, that limiting belief “ I am the body” then the ego disappears consumed by silence, stillness, being.
Deeper silence and stillness where nothing is lacking.
This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das and put together by volunteers.
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The problem with 99.9% of spiritual teachings
The problem with 99.9% of spiritual teachings.
