Existence, Transcending Ego

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt3_CNFLM_U

so i'm going to take some uh questions

from uh sulfur guardia there is a

question which is uh very frequently

asked what is the most effective way to

transcend the ego

and

i answered it that the only way to

transcend the ego is knowledge there is

no other way you can have this knowledge

by various means by various parts but

that is the only solution to this

problem of identification with the ego

you can have the knowledge

experientially by doing some practices

or you can simply directly see it using

a well-matured intellect that is the

path of knowledge

but ultimately you come to this

realization of

the illusion of the ego the illusion of

the identity or the small self in the

separate self or the person

and when you see that there is no person

what remains is the whole when you see

that there is no individual what remains

is the universal

now you will see the problem here that

knowing this is not a big deal it can

happen in two minutes

but

the identification will shift back to

anything which is necessary for survival

and now such questions are going to

arrive that

i know who i am but i keep thinking of

myself as this body or my memories

or various spiritual entities like soul

and some things things like that

so my solution to that is very easy that

you can become aware of this

activity also

it is only an activity it is not you you

are that which is aware of this activity

so bring the activity of identification

under the light of awareness

and now it is perfectly okay to be

identified with anything because mother

nature has made this arrangement for

some specific purpose and the purpose is

survival of the individual

if you see the

existence you will find that we never

experience the existence as it is it is

emptiness there is nothing to experience

what is there is infinite potential to

be anything that potential is being

experienced as experiences illusion

series of illusions and we call it

experience

the experience is happening now and here

and you will also notice that there is

no universal experience the experience

is always individual experience

at the level of universal there is no

individual and there is no experience

this is very strange the experience is

always subjective there is nobody who

can say that i am experiencing the whole

they will only say that i am

experiencing a tiny bit one thing at a

time in the form of a very limited

individual

so what we are experiencing is actually

universal but it appears in the form of

an individual this is paradoxical this

cannot be comprehended logically

when i say that you are the existence

you are experiencing yourself in various

forms current form is very limited and

this is all okay

everybody understands this much but what

they don't understand is where is the

universal indus why the existence is not

experiencing itself as existence

can anybody comment on this

why does it need to experience

itself in the form of a limited

individual why can't it simply go and

experience everything at once are there

any answers from participants here

because i keep answering these questions

but it is sometimes very interesting to

know what people think about these

things

kiran is saying because the universal

memory is not witnessable by

individualized memory that is perfectly

right that is okay the question here is

that why can't the universal memory

witness itself get rid of the individual

memory completely

now everybody knows that

there is no such thing as individual

memory it is an appearance the universal

appears as the individual there is no

real individual like there is no real

wave in the ocean the ocean has assumed

a tiny impermanent form of the wave

but why must it happen in this way

a still ocean is perfectly okay why is

it not witnessing itself without doing

this drama of individuality

yes

very nice benjamin is saying without the

limitation there won't be any meaning

yes with their saying experience is

possible only through limitations yes

very good answers there is no mistaking

any of the answers i am very happy that

people have progressed to this level

because this is a very difficult

question in according to me

it is very easy to see that there is no

individual it is very difficult to see

why it is so why there has to be an

unusual

uh

detailed answer is that

this existence there are infinite

possibilities and one of the possibility

is of individualization

let us not forget this it is possible to

be

an individual this is not excluded from

the wholeness otherwise it won't remain

whole

there is universal yes but to complete

itself there is individual also there is

connectivity yes but to complete itself

there must be separation also so it is

manifesting all possibilities

right now right here we are in one of

the possibility which is of

individuality it is all very beautiful

it is all whole and complete without

there being an individual and the

experiences associated with the

individual which are of a very special

kind

they're very solid and meaningful you

will notice this the worlds that the

individual finds itself in they are very

stable it looks like there is a purpose

here it looks looks like there is

something going on which is meaningful

the human life or the life of any

creature there is a goal to it this is

very satisfying experience

now i won't say that it is completely

meaningful or i won't say that is it has

a purpose

nothing like this but it seems that

there is because it is an illusion

everything is okay here if i don't find

a true meaning i don't usually fuss

about it that oh there is no true

meaning true meaning nothing is true in

the illusion why are you searching for a

true meaning in the illusion that's not

logical

but it is a good illusion yes like

benjamin said it's a perfect illusion

i'll take you back to the metaphor of

the movie if you watch a movie which has

no story just random pictures pictures

change so quickly like those music

videos where there's no connection

between what they're showing and the

song all they want you to you know go

through

at twenty thousand pictures in two

minutes somehow because the young

generation cannot tolerate anything

which is more than 5 seconds long so

they need to make such videos

imagine if the movie is made like this

no story at all no

apparent purpose in the movie nothing

purposeful meaningful happens who is

going to watch that movie can you call

it an intelligent movie can you call it

a good experience and the answer is no

our individual intellect at least is

going to say that

it is meaningless it is a waste of time

and if there is a story there if there

is a meaning purpose and people are

chasing something

which is of value for them in in the

movie the characters then these this is

the entertaining movie this is a piece

of art now it is worth watching it is

not a complete waste of time

the director and the producer and the

story writer have done a good job here

and you will find that in that movie

there is everything all the duality is

there somebody is good somebody is bad

somebody is beautiful somebody's ugly

there is happiness and there is sorrow

and

sadness everything is there

in india we call such movies as the

masala movie because they put everything

there or we also call it a formula movie

because there is formula that move is

always successful does not matter what

is there

so right now we are in one such masala

movie where there is apparent conflict

apparent resolution apparent struggle

apparent suffering and totally fake

happiness

maya is a perfect director maya is the

best director in this universe because

she is the only one she has produced

this movie

because there is a possibility of making

such a movie it is there there is no

other reason

you can only say that it is necessary to

express this possibility otherwise the

wholeness will not be wholeness

and there is a kind of experience that

the individual provides to the universal

to the universe or to the existence

itself which is not possible when your

aperture is too big like the camera

aperture where it is too big everything

fades into white you need to have some

darkness you need to have some

limitations you need to turn you need to

narrow down the aperture so that only

few things get in only little bit of

light gets in and then we get the

illusion then the picture appears

you close down even further and it

starts disappearing again it is a

perfect metaphor actually the camera

opened too much it's gone it is

universal close it down and it's gone

because the darkness is also universal

you can see the plants and the rocks and

the trees their apertures are very

narrow as you evolve as the individual

evolves there is an optimal position

where the aperture is not too big and

not too small

there are more combinations that are

possible like a possibility is there to

narrow down

individual experience to smaller scales

like we have right now it is a very

narrow kind of experience and to

expand it whenever it is needed that is

one more possibility and i think we are

growing towards that possibility

we want to keep the individual because

it's so useful it provides a very

valuable purposeful experience

apparently we also want to transcend the

individual and then we can have this

ability to widen our view a little i

think we are progressing towards that

possibility

somehow i think it will never become the

whole watching the whole it is watching

itself it is kind of engaged in itself

why these various possibilities it is

being expressed like this and you will

know very soon that there is a gradation

there is a gradual widening of the

aperture this is what we call as

spiritual evolution

so it is all perfect it is all beautiful

you don't need to do anything why are

you trying to transcend the ego what is

wrong in ego what is wrong in the

individual

benjamin is saying

just because truth underlies and

pervades all experience the movie can be

taken as real

yes what is real here

can you tell me

what is fake what is real because the

only reality there is is the illusion

why do we even divide it into real and

fake why do we divide it into true and

false there is no such thing in the

existence

the existence is whole and complete the

oneness has truth it has false it has

the real it has the unreal existence

never says that it is real or unreal it

is human mind these concepts are an

invention of the human mind

remember what is real what is unreal is

totally arbitrary and subjective you

know that now you know the truth of the

truth that it is it is also fake it is a

part of the movie actually

so when we transcend the individual we

transcend the truth also because the

truth is defined by the individual there

is no such truth in the universe in the

universal in the wholeness no truth

there's beyond true and false

it is very interesting

vidda is saying through various limited

individuals vaid experiences are

experienced as one whole for example

through dream characters dreamer is

experiencing one whole dream yes very

good yes it is a good metaphor with in

while dreaming i the one divides into

many and i take many forms in the dream

and it is surprising that i take the

forms of non-living things also

i become the house i become the roads i

become the sky i become the earth i

become the water and i become people and

animals it is a one whole experience

if in your dream you ask the other

person what are you experiencing and

they will say exactly the same thing

that other people say in the waking

state i am experiencing that which you

are experiencing

and why is that not surprising

because the experiencer is the one they

must experience that which i am

experiencing otherwise there is no

meaning otherwise how can you call it a

meaningful dream if every character in

your dream is simply experiencing

something else they will experience what

you are experiencing and remember this

is one such dream right now the waking

state is also a dream where the one is

experiencing

many and you see that is why we are all

experiencing the same thing

so it it will happen like this i don't

know of any other way it might it will

happen it includes all possibilities

already now what else can be there

what are you trying to transcend here

remember the question was what is the

effective way to transcend the ego just

realize there is no ego just realize

there is no individual it is an

appearance you don't need to do anything

more than that

why are you sitting in a cave trying to

transcend the individual you are

chanting the mantras to become the shiva

you are that already just don't be the

individual just don't be the ego

it is as simple as that

and the play can continue because now

this ignorance is also washed off that i

need not be an individual

you are not an individual realize this

and the play can continue the dream can

continue

there is no other way the existence is

pure emptiness and it must do what it is

doing right now it is all perfect

already

nothing needs to change and if the

change happens it is also perfect it

must change in only that way now

realizing this you will be in absolute

peace no chasing no seeking no running

no practices

no gurus no ashrams no mantras no

bending the body no subtle worlds no

entities no worship

this is called freedom

this is called liberation liberation

while living as an individual

it is so simple and it is so beautiful

what a relief knowing that i don't need

to do anything to be everything this is

the direct path yes if you don't

understand what i just said then it's

kind of confusing yes once you realize

your true nature nothing needs to be

done it does it automatically the

disidentification with the ego happens

automatically then the rest of the time

is spent in some kind of purification of

the intellect which tries to identify

again and again

it hates the movie then oh it is an

illusion i just realized i am in the

illusion can somebody please take me out

of the illusion into some reality

this madness is also over

once you realize that there is no

reality of any other kind this is as

real as it is than real is the only

reality you accept it that is your

surrender to accept the individual after

discarding it

this is the paradox in the spirituality

now the mountains are mountains the

rivers are reversed and individual is

back in the market it is the individual

no problem at all

all the problem comes because of

the struggle to let go of the individual

what are you letting go of

if there is no individual how can you

let it go all you need to do is let go

of this belief that there is the

individual what are you trying to

transcend if there is no individual what

are you trying to transcend if there is

no ego

if it is an illusion do you need to

transcend it no simply know that it is

an illusion accept and continue this is

the simplest practice i am giving you

now some people will say no i go back

and identify with all other things the

body the mind the soul the spirit i

start calling myself as the brahmana how

to get rid of this and i'll repeat the

same thing which i said in the beginning

that it is an activity see it as another

activity simply abide in your true

nature

the activity will become problem if you

try to

kill it

don't kill it simply observe this

activity of identification it is totally

fake the fake individual is trying to

gain gain back its reality

it is which is perfectly okay this is

the tendency of mother nature actually

so do not fight the maya as i usually

say become a friend of the maya that she

is trying to take you back and you say

no you need to say it very nicely

otherwise she will become angry

that is the struggle of a spiritual

seeker you need to refuse very politely

and you let this puppet do whatever it

does if it wants to identify with the

body you see fulfill its desires if it

is done in pure awareness if it is done

complete awareness no problem at all

you are already transcendent where are

you transcending you are already the

ultimate where are you going what are

you trying to become when you are the

ultimate

that is why i said knowledge is the only

way and knowledge is very simple

actually i am not giving you the biggest

techniques in the universe the most

complicated at yoga techniques no

i'm giving you two words that's all

truth is like this two or three words

remember the transcending and liberation

and

evolution is a part of the movie

if you think that

finally i am out of the illusion now i

have become a spiritual seeker and i am

seeking and i have a super guru here who

knows everything i'll be out of the

illusion in no time well this is just

another delusion it is all happening in

the movie it is a part of the movie

all you need to do is discard it just

watch it and it settles down

with this saying

the essence and result of this knowledge

is that it frees one from doing yes i'm

not saying do nothing i'm saying do

everything in complete awareness that

will be seen as non-doing

is it possible to do nothing no it is

possible to erase the doing by being in

complete awareness

you