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Dont-Believe-Your-Next-Thought-Ananta-Ebook.Pdf About Ananta Ananta gives satsang with the blessings of his Master, Sri Mooji. He lives in Bangalore, India with his wife, son and daughter. Usually he offers satsang online with sangha in attendance via Youtube with Google Hangout. See Ananta Facebook page for Satsang schedules, contact, information and updates of satsang with Ananta. Satsang with Ananta Youtube channel and satsang link is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmc83jyrwpCNBT2xywXVoLg/feed Website: www.anantasatsang.org Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/satsangwithananta This book is a compilation of short, poignant talks taken from online satsangs with Ananta, from November 2014 through end of October 2015. Please read all “in quotes” as questions and comments from those attending satsang. Transcribed and collected with love by the Sangha, in deepest love and gratitude to Anantaji (nicknamed ‘Father’ by some), as an offering to all who seek Truth and Freedom from suffering through these simple pointings. Table of Contents 2 About Ananta 3 Table of Contents 7 Preface: Core Aspects of What We Speak About in Satsang 10 What Does the Statement ‘You Are Not a Person’ Mean? Nov.10, 2014 15 The Evil Twin Dec 8 16 Surrender and Trust is Enough Dec 9 18 Is Consciousness Itself Doing All These Horrific Things? Dec 19 21 Why Silence is So Beautiful Dec 19 23 What is the One Constant? Dec 22 26 Can There Be Any Trouble for the Witnessing? Dec 27 29 Big 'A' of ‘Awareness’ and Small 'a' of ‘appearance’ Dec 30 31 Inner Neutrality Jan.1, 2015 34 Satsang is the Rehab for God Jan 16 35 What Does the ‘I’ Mean in 'Who Am I?’ Jan 16 36 Specialness of Being a 'Free Enlightened Person' Jan 16 37 If You Check, It is ‘Game Over’ for the Mind Jan 16 39 Seeking Has Got You to Satsang Jan 16 40 What Can You Tell Me About Yourself Which is Not An Idea? Jan 20 42 Who Are You Without a Single Story About Yourself? Jan 20 44 Will The Person Ever Dissolve? Jan 21 45 Contemplation: Your Own Holy Presence is God Himself Jan 21 49 Awareness Cannot Go Anywhere Jan 21 52 There is No Problem Without This 'Me' Jan 21 53 A Thought Is Always Telling You Something Is Missing Jan 27 55 Guided Meditation: This is God’s Body Feb 2 57 True Love Is Not Personal, True Love Is Freedom Feb 3 58 The Self Has No Problem Dealing with Any Relationship Feb 3 60 Contemplation: After Peace, What's Next? Feb 9 62 Contemplation: A Dip in the Ganga Feb 11 65 How Are Thoughts and Actions Connected? Feb 12 68 You Will Lose the Ability to Suffer Feb 12 69 Where is this Oneness? Feb 12 72 The Wanting Of Freedom Is Pretend Bondage Feb 12 73 Free to Feel Sad and Grumpy in Satsang Feb 16 75 Direct Self-Inquiry Satsang Mar 24 76 Guided Meditation: Let Your Attention Go Completely Free Mar 25 78 This is Openness, This is Freedom Mar 27 82 Not a Blade of Grass Can Move Without the Will of God Mar 27 84 You Have Recorded This Message to Remind You of the Truth Apr 2 85 How Should One Interact When Criticism Happens? Apr 3 88 What’s Appearing for You is Satsang Apr 3 90 You Are That Which Is Unchanging Apr 8 91 To Get Freedom, You Must Give Freedom Apr 9 93 Freedom is That You Stop Falling for the Trick Apr 9 95 This is Where You Keep Your Vantage Point Apr 20 97 You ARE Awake Apr 23 101 Bring It On! Whatever It Might Be Apr 24 103 I'm Very Grateful Because You've Taken Everything Away Apr 24 105 Contemplation: Throw Out Any Sense of 'I' Apr 24 106 Freedom is the Allowing of All States Apr 27 107 What Does a Caterpillar Have to Do to Become a Butterfly? Apr 30 110 What Is Satsang? May 4 111 Identification Is the Belief that You Are Something May 4 112 This Pain Is Not Happening to You May 4 114 Suffering Causes Openness May 4 115 Lack of Acceptance Causes Suffering May 4 116 Core Pointings: Person-Presence-Absolute Awareness May 4 119 This is the Presence May 4 121 As You Let Go of Thoughts, You're Driven by Deeper Insights May 6 123 The Difference Between Mind and Intuition May 6 124 What if Now is All We Ever Have? May 7 126 Do You See It As I See It? May 7 129 Guided Meditation: Let All Thoughts Come and Go May 8 131 Does Awareness Carry a Label Called 'Clare'? May 13 134 Who is There to Feel Special? May 13 137 The Sense of Being Separate May 13 141 Burn all Concepts About Enlightenment May 18 144 Freedom Is Not Dependent on a Particular State May 18 145 Guided Meditation: Let Everything Be Exactly As It Is May 19 146 The Point of Satsang: Coming to a Place of Unassociated Being May 27 149 Who Comes to a Sangha? May 27 150 No Fear or Guilt About Where Attention is Going Jun 3 152 The Truth Which Requires No Label Jun 10 157 Contemplation: Discover That Nothing Can Touch the Pure Seeing Jun 11 159 Don't Try to Be Enlightened Jun 11 161 Guided Meditation: The World Needs Your Presence as God Jun 11 163 Contemplation: My Life is Yours Now Jun 12 164 You've Carried This Idea of 'Me' Long Enough Jun 15 166 Nothing to Get, Resist or Give Jun 19 167 Contemplation: All There Is, Arises Within You Jun 22 170 Contemplation: Just Remain as I Jun 22 172 Contemplation: What Is Beyond Death? Jul 7 176 You Must Enjoy This Gift of Devotion Jul 14 177 What it Means to Contemplate, Inquire; Basic Pointers Jul 15 181 This is All That Satsang is All About Aug 21 186 Getting Used to the Seeing Aug 26 188 ‘I Am Experiencing All This' ... Is the Purpose of This Existence Aug 27 189 Truly Ask Whether I Am Done with This Play Aug 28 193 Isn't Awareness Just Here? Sep 9 195 Don't Believe Your Next Thought Sep 18 197 Looking Very Directly into This ‘I’ Sep 24 199 I Am That Which You Already Are Sep 25 200 Free From the Concept of Freedom Sep 28 203 Are You Done Playing with Your Mind? Sep 29 206 Everything is Inside This Being Sep 30 209 There is Nothing Outside of This Oct 2 212 We Cannot Deny that Awareness is Here Oct 5 215 Observe Where We Are Using the Label ‘I’ Oct 7 217 And That Too Shall Pass Oct 9 218 All Auspiciousness Is With Us Oct 14 220 Am I Willing to Throw Away My Checklist of What Freedom Should Be? Oct 14 223 You Are the Awareness Itself, the Witnessing Itself Oct 15 226 Be Vigilant about Spiritual Ego Oct 15 227 Guided Meditation: In Knowing This, Now You Rest Oct 15 229 I Witness Them, They Cannot Witness Me Oct 16 231 Find This Effortlessness of Being the Self Oct 16 232 Feelings Experienced Completely Dissolve into Nothing Oct 17 233 Can You Show Me This Seeker Identity? Oct 17 237 This is Awareness Being Aware of Itself Oct 17 240 Attachment is at the Root of Fear Oct 18 243 Inquiry as a Natural Checking to See Oct 18 246 Prayer/Blessing at end of Silent Retreat Oct 18 247 This Cannot Leave You Oct 19 249 We Cannot Suffer Without Believing This Voice Oct 20 251 Use Thoughts Which Still Get Belief for Inquiry Oct 21 253 I Can Find No Difference From This One That Stays Oct 22 256 Before You Can Do Anything to be Free, You Are Free Oct 23 259 ‘What Must I Do?’ is Never a Valid Question Oct 26 261 Suffering is an Opportunity for Inquiry Oct 27 265 Separate Entity is Projection of Past and Future Oct 28 266 Even This Break is in Service to All of You Oct 29 268 Get Used to the Silence Oct 30 Preface ~ ~ ~ Core Aspects of What We Speak About in Satsang Let me share some core aspects of what we speak about here. When I come into satsang, there are usually three different questions that come. The first question, the most common question that comes is: ‘I want to be free from my suffering. How do I put an end to my suffering?’ That is the first, most basic question that most Beings who come to satang can have. And to be free from suffering is the simplest thing. But if you’re here for the first time, we can look at it in some detail. You cannot suffer without believing a thought. So when a thought arises, you’ll see that a thought just arises. You can wait for your next thought to confirm this; and you’ll see that thought is just arising. And when a thought arises, you will see that there are two forces that interact with this thought. The first is the force of your attention; is the power of attention. This attention, when it goes to the thought, then the thought seems like it is real. If it [attention] doesn’t go to the thought, then the thought just comes and goes. Therefore most sadhanas in the world are focused on controlling this attention. So, when [Nisargadatta] Maharaj said ‘Stay.
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