When you are in so much devotion you feel that you do not want anything; that you have no desires, that you are ready to dissolve and disappear into your object of devotion. This is what arises from within you. The 'I' dissolves and the ego dissolves. The 'I want' dissolves and because when the 'I' dissolves, how can the 'I want' remain? The want is always hanging onto the 'I'. When the 'I' itself dissolves, the want also dissolves and disappears. And the mind comes to a state of निःसंकल्पः , or thoughtlessness, the joyful state. Be in that happiness. सुखी भव । You are that happiness. So be that happiness.

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        🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺

    

                🌿Chapter - 27🌿

       ~ I Am In All These Forms ~

                  🌱 Day - 155 🌱

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All these thoughts are just concepts. What have you done? You have made many divisions. विभागमिति सन्त्यज । Drop all such divisions altogether. This is what is holding you back from enlightenment. This is what's holding you back from your very nature. Drop them right away. सर्वमात्मेति निश्चित्य निःसंकल्पः । All is my Self, all is the Self. You may know this, but become निश्चित्य, be very sure. This is what a Master does. He reassures you. You have an experience, but you're not sure. You know all is the Self, maybe you may have had a glimpse, but you are not sure, because there is no way you can be sure. Ashtavakra says that be sure of it. Be sure that what you are experiencing is true, is real, and you are everything. In your very nature, in the depth of your mind, there is omnipresence, omnipotence and omniscience. All knowledge is already in the depth of your mind; in your consciousness. What stops you from being in that core of your being? Your sankalpa and vikalpa i.e. the thought-constructs in your mind. निःसंकल्पः सुखी भव । Have you observed your state of mind, when you're very happy? It is really very strange that you're not aware when you are very happy, and you become more aware when you're unhappy. You are not unhappy unconsciously. When you're unhappy, you're very conscious of your unhappiness. If you are unconscious about your unhappiness, that unhappiness does not linger. It cannot stay. You can never be unhappy unconsciously.

But you can be happy consciously. Being happy consciously is very difficult. Just listening to these words, maintaining your consciousness and awareness, while being in joy and being extremely happy, is very difficult. And this is ecstasy, samadhi. That is निःसंकल्पः , void of any sankalpa. That moment the mind is void of any thought or consideration. It just just in bliss; in ecstasy. There's nothing holding you back and dividing, dissecting or separating you from your Self. So be joyful and at the same time be totally aware. Joy is always निःसंकल्पः । When you are very happy you are in a state of निःसंकल्पः - there is no sankalpa. There are no desires and wants. They arise when you are not happy. When you're very happy, there is contentment. Contentment means having no wants! How can there be wants if you are already contented? Is it possible? Can you say that you are very happy but you want something? When you want something, it means you are not happy at that moment. You may be thinking that when you become a famous actor or actress, then you will be happy; that when you make so many millions, then you will be happy; that when you have a nice house, a palatial place and a smashing partner who cares for you (your soulmate), then you will be happy.

What has happened? Your soulmate has come, but you are companions in sorrow. You are sad, and you also make him or sad. This is what will hold you back from being happy. Only निःसंकल्पः can bring happiness. That is what Ashtavakra says, 'Surrender, love, and devotion.' Why has devotion been given so much importance? What happens when you are in so much devotion? Devotion is such a powerful wave that rises and takes holds of you completely. You are so much in the present moment that all wants about the future drop off from you. When you are in so much devotion you feel that you do not want anything; that you have no desires, that you are ready to dissolve and disappear into your object of devotion. This is what arises from within you. The 'I' dissolves and the ego dissolves. The 'I want' dissolves and because when the 'I' dissolves, how can the 'I want' remain? The want is always hanging onto the 'I'. When the 'I' itself dissolves, the want also dissolves and disappears. And the mind comes to a state of निःसंकल्पः , or thoughtlessness, the joyful state. Be in that happiness. सुखी भव । You are that happiness. So be that happiness.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

ASHTAVAKRA GITA

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