Take Five Minutes to Come to Total Rest
04 May 2022 (with subtitles)
[Questioner] There is so much resistance,
so much attachment to the world, and to my ...
[Mooji] The world will always take energy,
commitment, time and dedication.
It just takes up a lot of your inner space.
It's like you don't have time for your inner space.
And your inner space is the most important thing
because that is the thing that never really leaves you.
If we are not really giving attention to that,
life will always seem like it's ...
Even the people in satsang, sometimes they come
and I see that they live very busy lives.
I understand that as most people in the world are like that.
They have to work and have a family and so on.
But the minute you even start to sit,
and even if the mind is like, 'Boom, boom, boom',
don't try to stop it.
Just be aware of it, the mind,
and all these invitations and things to do and must-do lists.
Just sit for a moment.
Just be aware of it
but don't become too involved in it.
Just be aware.
And then, somehow, the attention
moves away from the mind a little bit.
Just stay in a place where there is no mind. Empty, just empty.
No imagination, just stop following your mind.
Sit like this, you don't have to close your eyes,
there is nothing to imagine.
Just don't engage with the mind
and remain just aware of your Being.
Not your personal self, just the feeling of existence in you.
That's all. Just sit like that.
[Q.] This is the thing, I know ... [Mooji] Yes.
[Q.] It's so obvious! It's so obvious!
[M.] Yes, I know. And what happens is that, until you do it,
your mind will keep postponing it.
It's as though the mind is afraid to do it.
It's always trying to fill up with something.
I know it, because we are brought up like that.
In everybody we see examples like that.
But the minute you say, 'OK, just for a moment,
I'm going to take three minutes away from my mind,
just to sit by myself and let go of every shape'.
Even though the mind is coming, don't worry, don't try to stop it.
Don't hold onto anything. Just like ... [exhales]
We were doing exercise here, just now,
and I said, My back is very tight.
In my mind I just say, You are like a stiff piece of paper
and then you soak it in water.
Or a piece of cloth, you soak it in water and it gets soft.
And just let it go.
In the same way, like I'm saying,
the mind is going, 'Boom, boom, boom',
this energy is there, but it is not you.
Mind energy is not you.
What you do is, somehow you are aware of it.
And I say, Don't try to control your mind.
Leave it for a moment.
It is more like you recognise the space which is not the mind,
that the mind exists in, the mind plays in, 'Boom, boom, boom'.
But the space here is not doing that.
And it's not personal.
So there is nothing to imagine.
Just let go of every shape, of every intention, of time.
And you naturally come to a place of just Being.
And when you come to this place of Being,
make the effort just to stay there.
Don't get it connected with anything for a minute.
And then, in a very short time you see
that the mind's pull is not so strong anymore,
it's kind of fading away.
Just this, Liz. Just that!
You do that. I feel like I came and I met you today for this.
And I think you know it.
Do just this for me. OK?
And, if you do it in the morning when you get up,
first thing in the morning, just five minutes, sit with yourself.
Five minutes and just ... [Mooji exhales]
At lunch time, sometime in the day, five minutes, just sit.
In the evening before you go to bed, five minutes. Can you spare that?
[Q.] Yes. [M.] Now, can you make a promise to me to do it?
[Q.] Yes. Can I cross the road?
[Mooji] Yes, yes. Very good. Make a promise to do that.
Just sit. All I'm saying again,
you just sit down, [Mooji slowly inhales and exhales]
and you are aware of your mind,
the energy in your body and mind.
It's OK. Especially if the mind is going, sit.
Whether it's going or not, sit.
And just sit with the natural awareness of your existence.
Just existing. No story.
No identity. No intention. No desire.
Just let go. Leave them alone for a minute.
And then, all that is left is just the space of Being.
Just be.
Not waiting.
Of course, the energy of the mind sometimes comes,
'I'm getting a bit restless'.
Don't pay attention to that because the restlessness or anything
is just arising in the space that is not restless. Peace.
And be conscious of this space.
Just stay conscious of the space.
Don't fade out and go into sleep or something.
Just be conscious of the space.
Conscious.
And see what happens afterwards.
You are going to feel like ... [exhales]
Just those few moments spread throughout your day.
When lunchtime comes, sit again for a moment.
Give yourself the gift of five minutes in the morning,
five minutes at lunchtime
and five minutes in the evening.
Consciously do it. Simple thing!
Just sit for five minutes.
Start with just a few breaths. [Mooji inhales and exhales]
OK. Now forget about the breath.
And whatever is going on in the mind,
every sensation, just be aware of them,
but don't link up with anything at all.
Just let them be there, doing their thing.
But you are not that.
You are the awareness of them.
Just stay as the awareness which is just the space.
Just be aware, just of being.
You know you exist. Before you think of anything, you exist.
Just be with that basic 'I exist' feeling, the existence feeling.
And be conscious of it.
Be conscious when the thoughts come in,
or when the phone rings,
or when the thought comes to contact someone.
Be conscious of them but don't log into them.
Don't link with them. Just stay conscious.
And you'll start to feel within that five minutes
just a slowing down of everything.
And it's like you come back to just space.
Space, no words, no pictures,
just the space of being.
That space is the most important thing in all of your life.
To be conscious of this space of Being
is the most important thing.
And you're going to see it, actually.
Then somehow you'll see that when you have to come into your day,
whatever you have to do in your day,
you realise, 'Wait a second'.
Some things you thought you need to do, you don't have to do.
You see it. It cleans everything.
It cleans the mind and brings it into a stability. That's all.
[Mooji] You want to take it on? [Q.] Yes!
[Mooji] I bless you today for this.
[Mooji] I bless you today for this. I bless you today for this.
And this is my instruction and guidance to you,
to keep it up. Will you do this?
[Q.] Yes! [Mooji] I am very, very happy.
I'm very, very happy for that.
I feel that this is one of the best moments of this morning,
to meet you. You know?
Because I know in my heart, why you are here.
Things in life just come, just come.
You get into a certain habit and it just goes like that.
You find less and less time for the real, real thing.
And without you being centered here,
it's like life takes your energy.
It just takes your mind, it takes your energy.
It takes your life, also.
[Mooji] So stay with this.
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