What Is This Life About?
1 December 2020 (with subtitles)
[Mooji] Whenever I am asked, 'What is it all about?
What is this life all about?
It seems to be beset with so many challenges
and struggles for many people.
Why are we here? What are we here for?'
It comes to me to say,
to taste the world, to taste diversity,
to experience through the senses and the mind,
to be creative and imaginative,
and to try everything that maya can give you.
'Maya' means the great illusion.
To try all the things,
and then at some point to even appreciate the wonderfulness
of the creative expressions of God,
but in the end, to find that only God is enough.
We try everything. Nothing lasts. It's all temporary.
It's all a temporary manifestation.
And it's not an accident. It is also for our experiencing,
but amongst us, I would say, the wise ones having tasted ...
My mother once said to me, in a letter, 'I've had enough'.
'I am tired of experiencing', she said.
'Because looking back, I see for much of my life,
I've been picking up burdens. And it's enough.'
And it seems, the mind gives us a lot of opportunities.
'Taste this! Taste that! Come here!'
We try many things and in the end,
if you are blessed, I would say, you will come to see,
'I've had enough of transient experiences',
and we turn inward to find the one who can never leave you.
So, what it is all about?
To taste all this through the senses and the mind,
and to transcend them, to say, 'No, only God is enough'.
And what is God?
Is God some entity sitting somewhere up there, looking at you?
No, God is in every, every, every molecule!
In every particle, in the visible and the indivisible,
the presence of the Supreme is here.
It's inside each form,
inside the heart and the mind, everything is here.
But once we desire a thing, our attention and energy goes to that.
And for a while we cannot help it, we are compelled into experiencing.
But at one time you'll come to see,
'I have lived with so many people, with so many things.
Now, I must find the one I cannot live without.'
This one within your own heart.
He is already calling you from within, and it's not far.
How far can you be away from the Infinite One?
You are within the Infinite, appearing to be only finite.
And just sit by yourself,
and pick up no thought or any intention,
or anything from time, past, present or future.
Simply be empty.
And present.
And He will present Himself in you, as pure presence.
Yes. Start here, and stay with it. Sometimes the mind will come and say,
'Ha! See what's happening. It's nothing! Nothing!'
And for a while, we've been quick to listen to this voice,
because in the world you'll hear this voice multiplied thousands of times
telling you, 'Go this way! Do this thing!
Oh this isn't good! Look at these people!'
You'll hear that voice. But you must find a voice,
that sometimes doesn't use words.
It just happens inside your heart.
A deep silence and peace.
Be one and say, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Absorb me.'
You will never make a better move.
It's even a non-move.
The move is only the attitude to say, 'I welcome you, I welcome you.
Yes. Merge me with you, oh Supreme Self,
oh source of happiness, source of life,
oh uncreated one, absorb me in you.'
Isn't it good?
Thank you.
Because mind isn't going to tell you,
'Listen, you're right here. Why are you trying so hard?
Why are you trying so hard?' No, it's not his voice.
But he can even say, because he is cunning he can say,
'Oh, but you are already This! Look! Why are you trying so hard?
You're already finished, you're already complete.
Look. How wonderful! There's nothing to do!'
So, you must discern!
But how to know if your discernment is right?
You will cultivate. That maturity will come.
You only need to have the good intention and to be open,
and don't go around reading many books and searching for teachers.
You don't have to do that. While you're searching for teachers,
you miss the one who is timelessly here.
Find the one who is timelessly here.
And if He wants to take you to a teacher
whose voice you can hear, He will do that.
Start with Him. Don't end with Him.
Start with Him and put an end to your trouble.
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